I know a lot of parts for many items I use are made in China including the iphone but one thing I do notice is pretty much everything I buy that is entirely Chinese is crap that breaks in short order. I wouldn't go near a Chinese built plane.
I've had this XC60 since brand new for a year now and literally had zero issues with it. Nothing.
No offense to those guys who seemed bright but poor, but it isn’t a bunch of well educated German craftsmen and craftswomen working those factories.
Weeeeell, this particular one is(GLA45 was 381bhp, the XC60 T8 is 390bhp). But yeah, it's not really comparable, these two have very different use cases.
There're scams and various levels of quality, but price is a pretty ok indicator of quality. If you buy something cheap, it'll break. Doesn't matter if it's cheap Chinese or European or American crap.
I often heard YouTube comments claim that one got crappy Chinese products because of they paid cheap price. I don't have much experience in buying items directly from China (I bought a drill and impact drive from AliExpress, have been OK); want to learn your experience.
I think that's the nuance that other people miss. Cheap stuff is cheap for a reason and they break. We have all purchased expensive Chinese stuff that work well but we don't attribute them to China because of the shiny non-Chinese logo on them (i.e. Apple, etc.) Anker is a new generation of Chinese companies that is trying to build a brand and move up market. Their stuff have been superb but aren't bargain bin prices.
That reminds me of a scene in Back to the Future where 1955 Doc Brown mocks a failed Japanese-made component based solely on his stereotypes, and 1985 Marty corrects him and says the Japanese make the best stuff.
For example, Huawei is (or was...) going after Apple in the high end smartphone market and they produce extremely good quality products.