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Its interesting to read the "journal" articles on Cabourn.com on the different manufacturers Cabourn uses such as ESK. I wonder why they haven't made such an article about their production in China. If they can't stand up for what their doing and instead try to "hide" their "made in China" label they have a big problem.
It's because people like you have deep prejudices, despite anything that can be said about China or whatever else.
I agree with @ManofKent and @g transistor above, but it's also not even really about China. People could be told literally anything -- UK has sweatshop problems, exports help development, China has some great areas for productions, etc. It's about people's prejudices.
How many people raise issue with Saint Crispin's being made in Romania? Who says "let me see the wage stubs of the workers in that factory?" Or "how much does each worker get for those $1,500 shoes?" Or "tell Saint Crispin's to give me a full breakdown of their entire supply chain, even if it reveals proprietary sourcing that may ruin their competitiveness?"
Almost nobody says that for Eastern European countries, despite some very, very expensive luxury items being made there (GDP per capita for Romania, incidentally, is about the same as Beijing). But the moment it's about China, it's a totally different ballpark. Politicians and union leaders around the world have blamed China for all of their problems -- wages, growth, exports, etc. And none of those problems were ever really about China, they're about inherent difficulties in growing a post-industrial economy.
It's impossible to send message though because it's harder to talk about about post-industrial growth problems than it is to blame foreigners. So, it filters down everywhere, including people's prejudices about Chinese made products. @Werder is often using 1980s union politics to describe a 2017 Chinese labor market. You could talk till you're blue in the face and it won't matter cause it's about prejudices. He thinks China is bad.