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.