Some American and European products are considered status symbols in PRC (typical for the image-conscious city folks) because they can be very brand-aware. Conversely, it appears that some other stuff can be regarded with distrust (typically software). Engineers of employer's China factories alway welcome me, in spite of all of the grief caused by my factory visits, because they know my 'pre-positioned' supplies contain American and European ales and lagers. And this is well considered - PRC beer is not wonderful. Among engineers, American-designed components from companies such as LT and TI/BB/NS are regarded as 'gold'.
Americans can be regarded as 'strange', and Europeans are typically considered more civilized by PRC peoples. Brian -----Original Message----- From: John Woodgate [mailto:j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 2:18 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] "Made in" labelling in the EU In message <64D32EE8B9CBDD44963ACB076A5F6ABB026BAB5E@Mailbox-Tech.lecotech.local>, dated Fri, 3 Oct 2014, "Kunde, Brian" <brian_ku...@lecotc.com> writes: >BTW, how are products made in the USA viewed in Europe and in other >places in the world? In Britain, 'too expensive'. Sterling prices are numerically around the same as dollar prices, 1:1 exchange rate. People protest. >Americans take a lot of pride in what we do and it would be >heartbreaking to find out our products are viewed poorly by others in >the world. I wonder how people in China feel. Try feeling one. (;-) With consent, of course. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. With best wishes. See www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Quid faciamus nisi sit? John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <emcp...@radiusnorth.net> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
