China: Competitive Myths and Realities‪.‬

Introduction [T]he main competition comes from Chinese megaplants that sell directly to U.S. retailers and can get a new design into mass production in two months. The new Chinese factories of suppliers such as Lacquer Craft Furniture, Markor, and Shing Mark, some of them Taiwanese-owned, employ thousands.... 'American industry has never encountered [such] competition' (Engardio and Roberts, 2004).