I'm old enough to remember when 'Made in Japan' was a byword for cheap, low-quality products. Yet a decade or so later they were the market-leaders in electronics, cars, ship-building and so on. My feeling is the same thing's happening with China.
That building was labeled the third prototype. And going by the blurb, it's aimed at a market that wants environmentally friendly buildings. (ie. the market of the future.) And there's no reason why the Chinese can't get the design and manufacture of such buildings right. All it requires is the will to do so. (It's a given they have the technical knowhow by now.)
Until the recession, China's problem was keeping up with demand. Their future products will need to be different though for a world of more careful buyers, and I'm sure they're well aware of the lessons of Japan.
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That building was labeled the third prototype. And going by the blurb, it's aimed at a market that wants environmentally friendly buildings. (ie. the market of the future.) And there's no reason why the Chinese can't get the design and manufacture of such buildings right. All it requires is the will to do so. (It's a given they have the technical knowhow by now.)
Until the recession, China's problem was keeping up with demand. Their future products will need to be different though for a world of more careful buyers, and I'm sure they're well aware of the lessons of Japan.