You can find good stuff made in China, and crap. One example is a wonderfull little wood turning lathe sold by Grizzly Machinery. This is a very well made tool that has gotten excellent reviews. Harbor Freight sells a similar tool (it's so similar, it might as well be clone). It seems both tools are made at the same factory, under the same assembly line. The Grizzly version is subject to extreme inspection and the units that fail this end up being sold by Harbor Freight!