China Made Products

I wonder why everyone considers things "made in China" shoddy.  Not that I disagree, but I brought a total of five badminton rackets (one of good quality) to play with friends, and four of them broke within a few minutes.  I now realize these cheap rackets are actually expensive.  And how in the world does a badminton racket end up stuck on a tree by accident? Good thing it was one of the cheap rackets.  And me throwing another racket up there didn't help either.  This tree was like a giant nest.  Fun game, though.