Ah, good point. I'm in my early 20s so I have only Glengarry Glen Ross to remind me how lowly Korean brands were seen just a few decades ago. Sure, China can/do

Ah, good point. I'm in my early 20s so I have only Glengarry Glen Ross to remind me how lowly Korean brands were seen just a few decades ago. Sure, China can/does compete globally in high-tech, and certainly there's no reason to think they can't make products just as appealing as the countries I listed. That being said I'm not sure they'll be able to muster the same cultural - ahem - revolution. For example, South Korea makes LG TVs to watch their country's popular soap operas on. When I studied Chinese I streamed mainland TV to get accustomed to the tones, and after a while I felt a reminder of "1984" about the dull propaganda books and movies that were remade by the party every year with different names. Basically, it sucked.