I share your sentiment that the supply chain crisis seems somewhat exaggerated by media, however for some specific merchandise it exists. For example, it's been

I share your sentiment that the supply chain crisis seems somewhat exaggerated by media, however for some specific merchandise it exists. For example, it's been 9 months since I ordered a new mountain bike and it still hasn't arrived. Similar situation with new cars and motorcycles (0 stock, at least 3-6 months lead time). However, it doesn't seem plausible to me that parts shortages are due to decreased production from China. If the (Google/World bank) GDP graph is to be trusted, China's GDP only slowed down its growth rate, but never went down during the crisis (contrary to the US). So to me it looks like the supply chain crisis in the west was somewhat manufactured (even though I don't know by whom and for what reason).