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Andy, as you say, I'm sure that there are many Chinese companies more than able, or could be able, to manufacture all manner of things to a high degree; the fact that a lot of Chinese companies choose to make tat is because it's highly profitable for them.
This reminds me of a business trip that I took to Taiwan 40 odd years ago looking for suitable partners to expand my company. During the time I spent there I only came across firms that were producing junk, and no serious contenders for any joint ventures. All I got was sleepless nights being constantly woken by telephone calls from "agents" supposedly representing manufacturers of mainly plastic toys - I found out that hotel receptionists take bungs to provide lists of foreign business people staying in the hotels.
But my point is that nowadays, Taiwan no longer specialises in that sort of manufacturing, and is, or so I believe, the major supplier of electronic chips to the world and China now getting on that bandwagon because that is where the real money is, as pretty well everything you buy now needs a chip to make it work.
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