Some are Chinese, some are Taiwanese or Japanese. There's nothing wrong with hardware from China per-se. The local market is Windows-centric though which means

Some are Chinese, some are Taiwanese or Japanese. There's nothing wrong with hardware from China per-se. The local market is Windows-centric though which means drivers for other platforms often suck or don't exist. Also, mainland Chinese market tolerance for spyware/malware/general iffyness is high, which means pushback on vendor driver software bullshit is low. To sidestep this, open source can solve the bad-actor-driver issues and we can all get cheaper hardware.