The problem of one is good and the other is bad is that the quality of the products, other than the fact that one is socially acceptable and the other is not.
The problems stems from this side of the pond. Years ago, when the phrase "Made Japan" denoted cheap shoddy merchandise. I have seen this years ago as a boy, I had this jet plane that was fantastically made, and like every like boy, took it apart to see what was inside, and low and behold, it was made from a beer steel beer can(back then the cans were steel). At that time, it was $hit! what piece of crap. But today, I would call that ingenuity. But the point is when the buyers at Wally-World goes to the Chinese and say "make me somthing like this for me as least cost as possible," of course you're going to get a piece poor quality equipment, same as the Japanese. Manufacturers around the world are quite capable of making a decent whatever, but when the spec call for the cheapest possible.... The blame goes to the USA company and not exactly the manufacturer or country of origin.