Isn't China known for crappy stuff like selling say, several tonnes of copper only to find out upon delivery that the purity is absolute shit?
My only personal experience with Chinese manufacturing is a company I worked for having a case for a product manufactured there, had our own industrial designer who came up with something beautiful, found a manufacturer and started getting sample cases in then eventually larger batches.
2 months later, we see our company's case listed all over Alibaba/Aliexpress.
Of course Apple gets good results from China, they have the $$$ to avoid the usual scams/corruption. But a smaller business/start-up will still be taken advantage of, imo.
And say you want to start a business there, doesn't Chinese law still stipulate that 51% of any business in China has to be owned by your Chinese partner? If I move to China right now and start a life there I don't believe I'd be allowed to start a business.
My only personal experience with Chinese manufacturing is a company I worked for having a case for a product manufactured there, had our own industrial designer who came up with something beautiful, found a manufacturer and started getting sample cases in then eventually larger batches.
2 months later, we see our company's case listed all over Alibaba/Aliexpress.
Of course Apple gets good results from China, they have the $$$ to avoid the usual scams/corruption. But a smaller business/start-up will still be taken advantage of, imo.
And say you want to start a business there, doesn't Chinese law still stipulate that 51% of any business in China has to be owned by your Chinese partner? If I move to China right now and start a life there I don't believe I'd be allowed to start a business.