Dao
No longer a newbie, moving up!
When they braught his new sd1200is out of the stock room it was made in china! i was shocked, out of the 15 (assorted colors) only one i had was made in japan.
Oh well... we all vote with our purchases. If it bothers you, don't purchase chinese products. When there was a string of problems with children's toys made in china, my wife and I tried to find a source of toys not made in china. It was a difficult and very limiting proposition... to say the least. I'd say close to 90% of the toys here in the U.S. are made in china... even my son's "Red flyer" scooter which screams "good ol'American" was made in China.
Yes, it is hard to avoid a product that is not made in China. I read one story about the problem toys that were manufactured in China. The toy manufacturer was making good toy, however, the US economy in the past few years were bad. Even way before we had the financial mess, US companies that contract out the toy manufacturing to China need to slash cost due to their business is not doing so well. The smaller toy manufacturer need to survive and did not want to lose the contract. But if they did the way they did in the past, they will not able to make any money. So, at the end, some corners were cut and a low cost paint were used.
Of course, I do not agree for what the manufacturer did, but I do not think they are only one to blame. Corp. America should take part of the blame.
As for the electronics goes, I will agree making it in China is not the cause of the lower quality, cutting corner is.