In my experience, a lot of racists truly believe they are not racists. They rationalize their racism right out of their pointy little heads.

Everything Chinese is NOT junk. To be sure, there is a lot of crap made in China, and one has to be VERY careful, in my opinion.

You keep ranting that iPhones don't have wheels, but you refuse to acknowledge that Chinese companies make a lot of components for almost every car company, worldwide. Engines, transmissions, wheels, brakes, etc., etc., etc.

You're right that YOU haven't seen Chinese cars, but I have, and you will too. In the early 1990's, Korean cars started showing up in the USA. US manufacturers laughed, but they weren't laughing at the Koreans a few years later when they started taking market share. As good as the Korean companies have become, Chinese car manufacturers scare them.

Every one of those Korean car company's that showed up had and have DEEP pockets!

Most were giant ship building companies....

Many if not all Chinese parts are made out of garbage scrap metals!!!

It goes and starts in the late 90's when US scrap metal was being shipped there at unbelievable amounts....and to this day its still happening....

Those China cars were suppose to be here 10 years ago.....In China the whos who drive American cars for status....Its now Fords number one expanding market in the world....

Not everything made anywhere is junk, nor is everything made somewhere else always high quality.

You do not always get what you pay for, in that often you do get junk for an expensive price, but you rarely get high quality for the price of junk.

China has a well earned reputation for not respecting intellectual property. Choosing to not do business, or to be very wary of products from China is not automatically a function of racism, it can easily have several other legitimate reasons.

Most all absolutes have exceptions. This topic is no different.

This sounds like it came directly from scripts at Faux News. Where to start?

Yes, car companies have deep pockets. They ALL have deep pockets. It's a business where developing a single new model can cost upwards of a billion dollars. So what? Your point was that Chinese car companies make junk. I pointed out that people once said that about Korean car companies, but they do not say that any longer. Now, those very capable and successful Korean car companies are concerned that Chinese car companies will soon build better vehicles at a lower price than the Koreans themselves.

'Many if not all Chinese parts are made out of garbage scrap metals!!!" To me, this patently false statement demonstrates that you really have no personal awareness of the situation. Automotive parts are made to stringent specifications. Chinese manufacturers follow those specifications, or they lose the business. Again, Airdale, try popping the hood on your pickup and start counting Chinese-built parts. Keep in mind that almost every car company and major supplier have been building parts in China for 20 years. If you have a car made since about 1995, you are almost certainly personally depending on on "Chinese junk".

Yes, Chinese cars were supposed to be in the US 10 years ago. The largest reason they are not is domestic consumption. At the moment, the Chinese are buying every car their companies can make. When the Chinese market starts nearing saturation, exports will start in earnest.

Cars purchased for status in China are purchased for the same reason rich people purchase status symbols everywhere else. Imports into China are whacked with exorbitant duties. Rich people there buy imports to demonstrate their wealth and power.

With regards to China being Ford's #1 expanding market, where do you think those Fords are made? Detroit? HA! Here's a quote from the NY Times, from 2012.

"BEIJING, CHINA — Ford Motor has chosen China for its largest factory expansion program in a half century, announcing on Thursday that it would build a $760 million assembly plant in Hangzhou, two weeks after announcing another $600 million plan to expand an assembly plant in Chongqing and less than six weeks after completing a third assembly plant in Chongqing..."

In my opinion, it is much better to do some research before posting.

Your opinion can bite me....because your the reason with your opinions, we have lost are edge on the world due to the all mighty greed and $!!!

Maybe you should look at the big picture that has happened over the last 40 years?

Funny no response on the slave work force that has to have nets on there windows at apple plants so workers don't commit suicide?...or there great living wage and retirement those workers get??? Interesting....but expected....

I think this discussion has gone to a different path. :)

We cannot deny the fact that many manufacturers have chosen to invest in China. If you put the numbers down, it makes sense. If you manage to keep quality level at high standards then you have a killer combo. ;)

You can't have the best of both worlds, but that's the beauty of life. :thumbsup:

Samuel Clemens once said that every man is entitled to his own opinion, but no man is entitled to his own facts. That's not much of an issue here, as airdale hasn't offered many, and is unwilling to speak to the facts that are offered.

The problem with an opinion that isn't substantiated by fact, is that every time it is offered, it diminishes the reputation of the person with the opinion. Done often enough, it eventually completely trashes their ability to convince anyone of anything. Stick with what you can substantiate. Just for example, to substantiate his opinion that Chinese cars are junk, airdale stated that Ford is the fastest growing car company in China. I pointed out that Ford-made cars for the Chinese market are mostly made in China. Step up the plate, sir, and admit your errors.

Regarding the Apple/Foxconn slave labor question. AGAIN, the sweeping original claim was that Chinese companies make junk, and now, with that claim destroyed, airdale hopes to deflect to "Well, they're all slavers!" Let me be clear: Bullsh*t. Some surely are. Many are not. Specifically, Apple has been under public pressure, and says it has addressed the sweat-shop environment at Foxconn. I don't know how accurate this is, but it is this all-inclusive "Chinese business sucks!" which begs the question of racism, or bigotry, or at the very least xenophobia.

Let's TRY to stay on the subject of manufacturing quality, which was airdale's original complaint. Chinese manufacturers run the gamut from high quality to crap, just as do manufacturers everywhere else. Companies which take the time to establish their own manufacturing protocols and quality control system with a Chinese supplier get high quality results. Full stop.

I DO understand your complaint, airdale, but it's not the fault of Chinese companies. Focus your anger on the real culprits, who are much closer to home.

Indeed! As is often the case before a thread gets locked :(

Anyways, I have to wonder, if when I spoke to Segway UK at the Gadget Show, when their store was next to stores selling Ninebots, that they already knew about this. As they were very laid back about it.

However, I think it might not have been a Ninebot - but just something similar. This is what Airwheel were selling/demoing:

http://www.theairwheel.com/wp-conten...014/12/s35.jpg

And this is a Ninebot:

http://www.insportline.eu/p20610/Ele...light-E-05.jpg

These are different looking products.

If Segway UK knew about the upcoming 'merger' then that might explain why they were so laid back about it all. It means that the Ninebot will not be competition - but instead just some additional products that Segway UK become licenced to sell. And other retailers in the UK will have a tougher sell. Especially if Segway/Ninebot choose to enforce their patents in the UK and elsewhere.

Ninebot Sighting
 

Nice That looks like the rear end of the Saloon. Did you manage to see the front of it?