ASSEMBLED IN CHINA

It should be noted, it is NOT just a matter of the amount of audio products that can be stuffed into a container . The Chinese government heavily subsidizes shipping costs. Between the 3rd world wages, no environmental concerns , already maximizing profits , the Chinese manufacturing factories can literally ship products across the world cheaper than we can ship within the country because of those heavily subsidized costs.
Note as with lower 3rd world labour coasts and non existent evironmental costs , the shipping is also a maximizing of profits.
The prices we pay, landed here for most Chinese audio products is NOT reflected in context to the
reduced costs mentioned, let alone when inferior materials chosen or the quality. 
Not fair to generalize, but much, much, more often than not, it's just simple truth and fact. Rarely is customer service provided, yet those cost savings are not realized by the customer, only realized as a further maximizing of profits. .....

How many on here can say that everything they own is made in America? This is not an issue exclusive to audio. The massive flooding of Chinese goods is everywhere. Furthermore how many of you support the idea that American companies should have to pay a living wage? I’m not talking about a $15 an hr minimum wage but an actual living wage. How many of you are financially prepared to incur the price increase of goods and services provided to you exclusively by American workers making a living wage? I’d venture a guess that sales of luxury hifi would hit rock bottom almost instantly with the exception being those who are in the "don’t tell anyone but I don’t pay much in taxes because I have a crafty accountant" crowd. How patriotic.

All this talk of Chinese slave labor and yet no mention of American companies guilty of the same practices. I just read a report that Apple has or is getting ready to layoff thousands of Chinese workers in favor of using robots. If the measly $15 minimum wage passes how many more companies do you think will follow suit? This is attributed to one simple thing. Profits and the "by any means necessary" paradigm that corporations live and die by.

Wake up people it’s an endless cycle that feeds itself......you can’t have it both ways. Without the McDonald’s and the Wal-marts, Targets, Best buys etc the rubes in the lower class couldn’t afford to live and would then take to the streets in mass violent protests.

I’ve seen a lot of banter on here lately about the death of the audio industry and how it relates to the current state of the economy. To those of you who want to blame the either the current or the past administrations for the mess we’re in need to spend some time researching the US economic and foreign policies over last 75 years or so. This situation didn’t happen overnight.

Bottom line is no other generation will have it as good as the baby boomers. Period.

On a related topic....for those of you appalled by cheap Chinese imports, I’m curious to know of you are as equally appalled by the cheap US govt subsidized grain that flooded Mexico many years ago which in turn devastated their economy and subsequently led to the massive numbers of migrants. Does the fact that America has repeated this practice over and over in countries throughout the world bother you as well? Funny how people could give a rip when cooperate America points the gun at everyone else. but when it gets pointed at them....well that's just unamerican.

This is why I have a problem buying Chinese products. In this day and age it is barbaric! Besides that they also make crap!
http://world.time.com/2013/11/01/the-ivory-trade-is-out-of-control-and-china-needs-to-do-more-to-sto...

Don’t turn this thread into a protest China place. If you don’t like China, or even hate them, don’t buy products that are made or assembled in China, and enjoy your life.