You only have to look at Microsoft's Vista or some of the trash produced by the US car and food industries to see that you don't have to be Chinese to produce useless and dangerous rubbish.
The only difference between the Chinese and the US model is that in the US, systemic quality defects are hidden by marketing spin if they're non-fatal, and by lobbying if they're physically injurious. There's also a more direct risk of litigation.
But otherwise the common aim is to cut costs and maximise profits. If customers and workers are endangered at any point, that's only seen as a bad thing if it's discovered and made public and subsequently impacts the bottom line.
Quality systems and regulation are still quite strong in the United States. Particularly in the healthcare industry. While enforcement varies greatly, there are very strict rules about reporting in the healthcare sector. I know. That used to be my job.
If someone so much as got a paper cut from the packaging we had to file a report with regulatory agencies here in the US. And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg
in china you can get executed for sloppy discharge of responsibility..
their video games allow you to 'kill' corrupt officials, (and their bikini-clad mistresses).
just sayin'... ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
