Chi-Fi in the Time of Self-Righteous Indignation.

Every country in the world with a manufacturing base produces good products and bad products. I agree that using the term "Chi-fi" is a cheap shot against audio products manufactured in China. There is absolutely no excuse to use that term. 

@femoore12 Agreed and the fact is companies/people build products not countries.

With parts sources located all over earth, and quite often unknown labor sources perhaps its time to be honest and state, "Made in multiple countries."

What qualifies a product as being made in any particular country?  There is no standardized percentage of labor or parts a product has to contain to be considered made in any particular country. Marketing games being played here, not enough people aware of where products they're buying are actually from. I hear people talking about boycotting products from certain countries, well, better get rid of nearly every electronic device in your home, take off the clothes, run around naked. We're all consumers of products made all over this world, only ignorance makes one believe otherwise.

The laws on COO in the US have changed and it is dependent on the industry also.

For  example the disclosures of COO for medical equipment may be different from say a fuel pump for a car.

Many manufactures will declare "Made from globally sourced parts and assembled in the USA"