That's a given since CN has the world's second largest economy therefore its IT market is greater in size, you don't have to have a Ph.D to get that. Then comes tech depth but you don't even know what you're talking about ? Apart from ZTE/Huawei tell me another hardware manufacture that is "innovative" or a world leader in tech breakthroughs besides they're following in the footsteps of their Western peers in ICT not leading them !
You're talking about a market size of ~10% as compared to their ENG speaking counterparts, yay way to go. IND itself is an unprecedentedly large market as far as local languages are concerned & no EU or other region comes even close to the diversity we have here !
Lastly if isn't within your grasp to comprehend the difference between cheap alternatives & superior products I can't spoon feed you all the time ! Its not like ZTE/Huawei is deploying 5G in EU but rather the telcos over their cannot afford the extra cost that comes with the local manufacturers & as far as quality is concerned everyone knows that the latter are far more reliable.
Whether they only follow or being innovative does not matter, as long as they are doing well business wise is all that matters.
When it comes to telco infrastructure, reliability is the most important factor and cannot be compromised with unreliable quality, particularly in high developed countries like Germany. Downtime is a business killer and you don't want to experience the sh*tstorm of complaints coming from your costumers.
If even our telcos cannot afford the extra costs, what can poor India afford?
Huawei, Lenovo, ZTE do not produce upper middle class goods. They produce budget stuff.
Also, gottersomething....price of Lenovo? That's an argument? How many upper middle class people you know with Lenovo stuff? I can count 10 that have other manufacturers' goods before i get to the first one that has a Lenovo laptop. i don't know any Huawei users and i never heard of ZTE before i came here.
They might be upper middle class goods in China but over here they are not.
The preamp/audio company you listed-im guessing that's just about the only thing. I asked around a bit (im in the media industry,so i know people that work with sound for their entire life) and indeed they said it is a decent product.
However that's a niche product, not something you pull out of your hat and claim high tech advances all over.
It is the price. Undoubtedly the technology works, however the deciding factor is price.
You claim to be from the EU and don't even know the word Götterdämmerung. Clueless or just a question of education?
I was asking you to look at the price tags of the hifi systems. 1500 € for a CD player is not exactly what the average Joe is willing to pay, right?
In regard of Lenovo, it just shows how clueless you are. Lenovo has a wide range of prices, from the economy class to business class. Most former IBM users have switched over to Lenovo after its PC sector was sold to Lenovo. Take the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 as an example. It cost around 2000 €, which is at a similar price of a MacBook Pro.
I have plenty of friends in Germany who use the Lenovo as a working machine and for the fun an Apple. They all are either doctors, lawyers, art directors, film producers or journalists. Not exactly the factory worker, ey?
of course the audio stuffs are a niche product, since most people would rather pay a faction of the price to get some decent quality. The question is whether China does produce high-end consumer products and china indeed does.
BTW, the other day, a very good friend of mine just bought a piano for his children and it was a Chinese made piano, which the seller said has the same sound quality as a Steinway but for a 30 % less. similar priced pianos from other producers don't have the same quality. Anyway, I'm looking forward to listening the child's performance on the piano.