Nothing anti-Chinese....but socialist/Communist governments are surely well known to subsidise manufacturing....not to mention sometimes right wing governments even do so when it suits them.
But the old Eastern Bloc had a long history of not caring much whether profits were made or not. The impetus was to get the products made and the employees paid. It's not a criticism. It is simply entirely possible that the Shanghai factory isn't required to make a profit. And near certainty that it isn't required to make a profit in the way that Harman, Kodak or even Foma are.
But the old Eastern Bloc had a long history of not caring much whether profits were made or not. The impetus was to get the products made and the employees paid. It's not a criticism. It is simply entirely possible that the Shanghai factory isn't required to make a profit. And near certainty that it isn't required to make a profit in the way that Harman, Kodak or even Foma are.