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Time to rethink ‘Made in China’ – it’s cheap and shoddy no more

Technology moves fast but our perceptions take longer to catch up.

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Electric vehicles being assembled at Chinese automaker BYD’s new factory in Bahia, Brazil.

Electric vehicles being assembled at Chinese automaker BYD’s new factory in Bahia, Brazil.

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Lightweight carbon fibre bicycles are not made to go over deep potholes.

I know this because in November last year, I hit a particularly large and nasty one while riding down West Coast Highway.

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