For made in China, using is believing

Interviewed on television, a Chinese weapon expert laments that domestic arms makers enjoy no advantage in precision machining.

I know nothing about weaponry. But in the areas I know something about, such as photography and audio, there are quite a few Chinese manufacturers who are well-known among demanding enthusiasts for their highly refined products that allow close to zero tolerance.

Manufacturers with such capability are mostly privately owned small enterprises located either in the Pearl River Delta river region or in Shanghai. Their products usually cost much less than those of equivalent standard produced by specialty firms in Europe or Japan.