09-30-2019, 05:49 AM
Luny Tunny, it would be much more believable to put some sources into a post like yours instead of throwing in rumours. And knowing Chinas history it might as well be to reduce shipping costs of the then European colonies - so basically a lot of companies still existing today might have been the benefiters.
I read it in c't, if you like and speak German, I can search the issue of the magazine, how China plays their being cheaper than anybody game - but please do not forget that we customers all decide for ourselves wether to buy China stuff (a lot of my Nikon lenses were not benefiting from this old law you're talking about and cost more than Japanese made glass, although the Nikkors came from China), Amazon stuff or regional products. Amongst of the latter is also hidden China stuff, when the company sourced out to "Europe's workbench".
I read it in c't, if you like and speak German, I can search the issue of the magazine, how China plays their being cheaper than anybody game - but please do not forget that we customers all decide for ourselves wether to buy China stuff (a lot of my Nikon lenses were not benefiting from this old law you're talking about and cost more than Japanese made glass, although the Nikkors came from China), Amazon stuff or regional products. Amongst of the latter is also hidden China stuff, when the company sourced out to "Europe's workbench".