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Wicked Blue
(5,767 posts)Cheapskate Pootie
dchill
(38,321 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,705 posts)South Korean manufactured, not Chinese.
The Jungle 1
(4,552 posts)If you buy a wheel barrow tire from China it will only last one year.
zuul
(14,615 posts)China's contribution to assist Ukraine in its fight against Putin!
FailureToCommunicate
(13,989 posts)For want of a nail, the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe, the horse was lost.
For want of a horse, the rider was lost.
For want of a rider, the battle was lost.
For want of a battle, the kingdom was lost, And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
May that this proverb come to pass for the hapless Russian invaders.
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)Was that Putin's bright idea?
Amishman
(5,541 posts)Probably also how they ended up using cheap unencrypted Chinese ham radios for communications
Omnipresent
(5,620 posts)brush
(53,471 posts)too destroy that 40-mile long convoy of vehicles that's been stuck there for days. The US shoulld send some post haste. Ukrainian pilots can be trained fo fly them.
AleksS
(1,665 posts)So who steps in to help Russia if China decides to take a bite?
LetMyPeopleVote
(143,999 posts)Nevilledog
(50,679 posts)Jim__
(14,045 posts)NickB79
(19,113 posts)Would they fail as spectacularly if they went into combat?
cinematicdiversions
(1,969 posts)Emrys
(7,188 posts)The Threadreader version's posted here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216431458
The poor quality just worsens problems likely to result from shoddy/absent vehicle maintenance routines.
OAITW r.2.0
(23,818 posts)Nevilledog
(50,679 posts)Emrys
(7,188 posts)are making up their own titles to try to summarize why it might be worth clicking in.
The way threads often zoom up and down the main page, the occasional offer of an extra bite at a cherry sometimes isn't a bad thing!
Nevilledog
(50,679 posts)I share things I think people will find interesting. Other people also sharing it doesn't make it less interesting.
Stinky The Clown
(67,677 posts)China manufactures things to meet a variety of spec levels.
They make equipment for manned space exploration. They make hammers that chip off steel when they strike a nail. They make Apple computers.
If those tires failed, it is not because they're Chinese. It is because that is the level of quality Russia paid for.
Worker human rights are outside the scope of these comments.