The point the article misses is that Chinese companies often make sub-components, or they manufacture goods that are sold under US and European brands. They als

The point the article misses is that Chinese companies often make sub-components, or they manufacture goods that are sold under US and European brands. They also manufacture a lot of low end goods where the brand doesn't matter, e.g. the coffee cup I'm drinking out of. > 37 of 500 respondents (7%) were able to name 5 Japanese brands. I can only conclude that most of the respondents were idiots.