Japan climbed up the manufacturing ladder after World War Two - from tiny toy cars to Toyotas that beat Detroit. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that the country has a long tradition of craft skills.
China has a history of sharp merchants, and they venture all over east and south Asia, but less of a tradition of high respect for craft skills. It will be interesting to see how fast and how far China climbs up the ladder.
Details of my experience with a Xiangsheng 728A preamplifier are at
https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/buyers-report-xiangsheng-728a-tube-pre-amplifier.963788
Chi-Fi in the Time of Self-Righteous Indignation.
I have to say the timing of the folks over at eacoustics in impeccable.
So Kevin Deal at Upscale release his Video on Raven Audio giving us something to chew on in this forum and W. Jennings gives us this.