Agreed, most Chinese-sourced products are crap. The process is typically that an American company or individual sends a genuine, quality product to China and asks for a quotation for xx units. The Chinese are masters at copying the appearance of the unit but they sometimes have little clue regarding the material specifications, tolerances, design life goals, etc. The Chinese get an order for the xx units and produce a "look alike" to the real item.

Americans promote this trend of goods turning into junk because we (the general population) buy on price first....quality is way down the line. This is why the stores stock the junk. That's why the streets are full of ricer junk, tool boxes have crap tools, we shoot Russian ammo, etc. If we valued quality, this trend could change the stock in stores very quickly. Just like "you are what you eat", "you are what you buy"

mike in tucson