Defending China on shitty products

Those are many isolated cases on poor quality of Chinese products that have been amplified by the media.

Where else can you buy these household stuffs you mentioned? From Thailand, Cambodia, India...? They're even worse than China. Using tires as an example, I do not buy low-end tires but there are folks here who cannot afford higher end products.

Look at the components inside your car, and you will find many are made from China.

We depend on the US companies like Fisher and Apple to check the quality of Chinese products before they put their labels on them.

Actually China is moving up the value chain and many projects/products are won due to better quality. However, there are thousands of companies trying to make a buck and it is hard to distinguish the quality of a product.

It is a kind of reality that we've to face and hopefully China has to move up the quality standard to establish a better reputation for China Inc.

Personally I do not buy food and drink for China, thanks to the publicized cases. I suspect the fish I got from restaurants are from China and suspect the water quality. Recently I bought lamps from China imported by Lowe's and it was hard to assemble and did not last long. I prefer to pay higher prices for better and/or safer stuffs.