Agreed upon all, as a country China is in the works for a government turning into something none of us can estimate in the future. As a producer, they produce a product asked for. Heck, even tonight I was wire wheeling and grinding away the rough castings on some 3/8" NPT strain reliefs direct from Altman. Any wonders where such things were made? Drives me crazy that they would accept such a crap product, yet I still buy it - it's economical even if just a strain relief with really rough casting to it.
My point about China was that no matter if the Western Industrial Revolution, or Japan's own revolution, it takes time to learn. In the case of China it is in question by way of government and by way of producing products for clients other than domestic to them. At this point, there is not much design coming out of China or India and other similar second world places. It's more major companies using what's available on the cheap.
I see this as a cross roads and mid point. Such countries are learning, employees are even if not given say two months off such as in France in becoming so much of experts or masters they have made themselves useless.. China, companies there and in general the population in being no different than any other pepole is or are still learning to master their trade for the economic conditions and market to which they live.
I see lots of potential in China, and a dying Europe and even US marketplace for producting goods. Doesn't matter who is thinking up a design, if the employees are fighting becoming second class, verses those in china fighting to become second class, somebody is going to loose and that's economics based. Once the employees become second class and or middle income and stable, I theorize that one will see the rise of their upper income managers and designers in taking over markets and managing what used to be chep crap companies into the leading edge for the next generations of gear.
That's at least what I see. Say 15 or 20 years from now and by now, China will have that innovation with their own domestic gear.
My point about China was that no matter if the Western Industrial Revolution, or Japan's own revolution, it takes time to learn. In the case of China it is in question by way of government and by way of producing products for clients other than domestic to them. At this point, there is not much design coming out of China or India and other similar second world places. It's more major companies using what's available on the cheap.
I see this as a cross roads and mid point. Such countries are learning, employees are even if not given say two months off such as in France in becoming so much of experts or masters they have made themselves useless.. China, companies there and in general the population in being no different than any other pepole is or are still learning to master their trade for the economic conditions and market to which they live.
I see lots of potential in China, and a dying Europe and even US marketplace for producting goods. Doesn't matter who is thinking up a design, if the employees are fighting becoming second class, verses those in china fighting to become second class, somebody is going to loose and that's economics based. Once the employees become second class and or middle income and stable, I theorize that one will see the rise of their upper income managers and designers in taking over markets and managing what used to be chep crap companies into the leading edge for the next generations of gear.
That's at least what I see. Say 15 or 20 years from now and by now, China will have that innovation with their own domestic gear.
