The article seemed to suggest that China had no need for a specific subculture of "Making" because making things was so widespread and such a part of existing C

The article seemed to suggest that China had no need for a specific subculture of "Making" because making things was so widespread and such a part of existing Chinese culture. On the other hand, your comment seems to be responding to some article which hypothetically would have said that the Chinese couldn't make things, or that their making things didn't count.