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When I lived in China years ago, I had a Chinese/local girlfriend whose brother-in-law owned a factory that "manufactured" small mechanical parts, like bolts, s
by jimt1234 3y ago
When I lived in China years ago, I had a Chinese/local girlfriend whose brother-in-law owned a factory that "manufactured" small mechanical parts, like bolts, screws, springs, wire - stuff like that. She said that all the manufacturing was actually done in North Korea. The "factory" that he owned in China was all for show. He always knew when inspectors were coming, days in advance, and so he'd hire a few locals for a day to stand next to machines they had no idea how to use. It was all for show. She went on to tell me that her brother-in-law's factory was not unique. Manufacturers like her brother-in-law were usually 3 or 4 distribution companies removed from the big manufacturers, like the ones that made iPhones, but they all used parts from him, so inspections were extremely rare anyway.
- Sabinus 3y agoPre-warned inspections aren't inspections. The government or investigator should just show up at the door.
- karolist 3y agoThe idea I believe is to do so, but corruption makes these pre-warned anyway.
- eviks 3y agoPre-warning is not an issue of your inspector is so incompetent he can't tell a real factory from a fake one
- 93po 3y agoIt’s more likely money passing hands and a very nice dinner out for the inspector who really doesn’t care because he knows actually doing his job won’t make any difference
- csomar 3y agoI'd be suspicious. Are you saying that China exports/production is actually coming from North Korea; because based on that North Korea would be the actual super power. My guess is that this is a rather limited trade that on the scale of things (700million chinese workers vs 100K North Korean) is really negligible.