“Now they manufacture without our oversight” I know several people who's job is overseeing Chinese manufacturing. They need constant oversight and quality insp

“Now they manufacture without our oversight” I know several people who's job is overseeing Chinese manufacturing. They need constant oversight and quality inspection otherwise everything falls apart very very fast. I'm currently living in South West China and, while this may sound culturally insensitive, there is a very very serious cultural problem with quality and attention to detail. People will work really long hours, but will always do the very bare minimum. It's at times absolutely staggering and infuriating. The reason manufacturing is in China isn't so much because they know how to do things, but because they will work long hours doing mundane work (because of very strong commitments to supporting their families) and because the supply chain is located here. If you need 10 thousands units of some widget by next week you can get it. Its quite likely it will be defective, but you can just buy another 10 thousand from the factory next door. The same infrastructure doesn't exist anywhere else The reason innovation will happen is because Chinese people are doers. They just go and do things instead of talking about it all day. And sure, they do a lot of dumb things, but at the end of the days it all seems to work out. Thats why they own half of Africa already