While there is some trurth to that years ago, but to a leased degree in the last ten years. China has some very high end robotic manufacturing plants for simple cheap junky stuff that you would freak out how advanced they are. They make a lot of money making the world’s “stuff”, they have spent trillions on updating manufacturing too.
Agreed. Don’t be fooled by shots of kids banging out stuff on the side of a gutter. There some absolutely high tech plants in China that will make you cringe.