7/21/2026

Why buy China Made household appliances?

 My Sharp washing machine broke down just after a few years of light usage. It started to roar like thunder when spinning. This is unusual for a Japanese product. It cannot be a rare bad lemon. If China Made products were to fail so easily after a short period of use, it would be front page news in America. For the last 30 years, China Made products, China brand household appliances have been flooding America and there is hardly any complaint of bad quality. China Made products are filling the kitchens and households of many Americans for decades, running off the shelves of Walmart daily. If Chinese products are less durable and of poorer quality than Japanese products, you can bet it would be great news in all American media. The silence about the quality of good and affordable Chinese brands said it all.

I have started to buy Chinese brands of household appliances instead of Japanese brand and found them just as good, if not better, and definitely value for money. They are now the trusted brands, like TCL, Hisense, Midea, Haier etc etc. What is surprising is that many of the top Japanese brands like Sony, Sanyo, Sharp, Toshiba, Fujitsu, NEC, Panasonic etc etc are now Chinese owned and mostly made in China. Chinese companies are the real owners of many Japanese brands household appliances, meaning buying Chinese brands or Japanese brands owned by China and made in China will not make any difference. There is one obvious advantage, very much more affordable for the same quality products. That was what I thought at first. After using Chinese brands, I found out that they were not only more affordable, their quality and durability are much better than Chinese brands. How so?

Firstly, they are mostly Made in China by Chinese workers, designed by Chinese engineers and using Chinese material that wanted to prove that they are better than Japanese Made. The Chinese companies have a target to meet, that is, to excel and be better than Japanese Made. Most of the money losing Japanese brands bought over by China soon turned profitable and selling better than before even in Japan, their domestic market.

There is a bigger and more important reason why Chinese brands must be better made, cheaper and more durable, better value for money.  Chinese brands are here to stay and to grow into the future. The acquisition of Japanese brands is only a temporary measure before they are being replaced by Chinese brands. And to do so, Chinese brands must be better than Japanese brands to succeed. There is no other way. You can bet that the Chinese companies will put in everything to succeed in this mission, to make Chinese brand products the most wanted, most trusted, most reliable and desirable products than those Made in Japan. China Made products therefore must be the best it can be to replace Japanese Made products in the world in the future.

Buy Chinese brands is buying quality! The Chinese companies can let the Japanese brands to fade away, but not the Chinese brands and quality, value for money must be the way to go. Chinese brand names for automobiles ie EVs, are already a reality and unstoppable. All EVs will have Chinese names. Those EVs without Chinese names will have Made in China on their EV batteries.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not just in America news, Singapore news will also cry father cry mother that China products are bad. Even our G also dare not buy the best 5G equipment from Huawai. Our train signaling system is from France (which must breakdown once in a while to have a rest), while the best signaling system from China is supporting their million of train trips every month without problem. There is still this subconscious thinking that ang mo product is the best while China only produce low quality products.

Anonymous said...

The irony is that all that bad-mouthing and propaganda about Chinese-made products are demonized as junks. This continuous brainwashing has got deep into the minds of people to this day, and they refused to change their mindsets.

Several years ago, actually more than a decade ago, I bought a Hi-Fi set from a reputable Japanese electronic brand. Few months later the internal fuse blew and needed servicing. Luckily it was still under guarantee. Two years later, the speaker cone turned to shreds, just like that. The tape recorder could not run the tape evenly and produced music like someone pulling the rubbish bin across the floor. I just threw the whole set away.

Why do they still think Chinese made products are junks? Are Chinese-made iPhones really also junks? What about branded handbags and watches made in China for the big global brands to stick a label on and straight away become good high-class and high-value handbags marked up few hundred percent in price? Stupidity has really no cure.

Virgo49 said...

Wait till you try to go thru the Auto Gantries at the Changi Airport.

Once back had to stand aside and let one poor local guy hooked onto the gate with his laptop computer and one huge Ang Moh Guy glaring down at him.

Told to wait and not to go elsewhere!

Ever heard or see the news that once so many Airports especially the Ang Moh Ones broke down, ours also kaput together.

They had so much trust in the Ang Moh's trash!

Can't be held still Ang Moh Sais!

Even now NASA rockets took off and 🔥 burned within mins and where China's rockets have the same.fates?

No eyes see