I’m not sure why you’re surprised. Basically since large-scale industrial manufacture started, country industrialises, quality is initially poor, a few decades

I’m not sure why you’re surprised. Basically since large-scale industrial manufacture started, country industrialises, quality is initially poor, a few decades later it's international standard. 150 years ago the British were marvelling at this happening with Germany and the US, but you'd think at this point people would be used to it.