sf wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:53:15 -0700, Dave Bell
> > wrote:
>
>> I was also afraid for what would happen, should China "pull the plug" on
>> shipping cheap crap to the US. Looks like our economic crunch had hit
>> them first!
>
> From what I've read and heard, China's cheap crap producers are
> usually subsidiaries of US companies and much of what is considered
> foreign design is actually done by American design companies (cars,
> for instance).

No argument there! Whether it's intentional or knock-off, a lot of the
designs come from here. But it's the manufacturing that's headed for the
toilet, due to reduced demand.