- Little R&D cost: steal everything not bolted down - Cheaper overhead: the company is run in China, not the US - No middleman: ship from China to customer, n

- Little R&D cost: steal everything not bolted down - Cheaper overhead: the company is run in China, not the US - No middleman: ship from China to customer, not from China to US to customer That's all I can think of. Maybe they sell their products at lower profit margins since they know they will get more wholesale orders.