Our problems with China started with the lobby groups in America. Much of the GATT activities in the 70s were about preventing quality issues from becoming barriers to trade.. A lot of the Chinese stuff is very good - made under American quality management systems. However a lot of it is not. Chinese motorcycles often have horrible metallurgy. They are 'fit for purpose' however lack 'attention to detail'. In Australia we have had failures of imported steel bridge fabrications, building cladding has been found to be flammable, and the Chinese wheels on our trains have been wearing too fast. quote]
How is the Sydney Harbour Bridge holding up :?:
This was made at Middlesbrough England and shipped down under by Doorman and Long & Co Ltd in the 1930s
A few good steel works have gone to the wall since then
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorman_Long