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I said the usage of the phrase stands out. Culturally, historically, China was known for producing "junk" products of lower quality throughout the majority of t
by bsenftner 4y ago
I said the usage of the phrase stands out. Culturally, historically, China was known for producing "junk" products of lower quality throughout the majority of the 20th century. It used to be a common phrase in the 60's & 70's. Seeing the phrase in the article, and used in the same manner as during the 60's & 70' invokes those decades old attitudes.
- coffeeblack 4y agoI think you are confusing China with Korea and Taiwan here. Mainland China didn’t produce anything before the mid-1980 (when VW opened a factory in Shanghai) and started to export “cheap junk” only around the mid-1990s (after sanctions due to the Tiananmen Massacre).
- bsenftner 4y agoYou may not have had memories of very cheap toys in the 60's and 70's that had a "made in china" stamp on them. Back before any of this modern world, China was the source for extremally cheap, low quality products.