Not long ago, "Made in China" mostly meant cheap. Nowadays, on the contrary, it stands for quality, especially when it comes to tech like cars and smartphones.
"It amazes me how quickly we have caught up in that area over the past decade," said Liu Shaoshan, the director of the Chinese Institute of AI and Robotics.
A crucial factor in China's success? American mega-company Apple, argues Financial Times journalist Patrick McGee in his book Apple in China. Apple trained millions of Chinese for its factories and invested hundreds of billions in its supply chain, allowing China to gain an edge in other sectors as well, he argues.
