Was "Made in China" actually "Made in America"?
And did the US help China to become its main rival?
American consumerism is driven by "Made in China" products.
But have you ever wondered how that came to be
and whether that reliance is good for the United States?
Today on our show, we look at the origins and evolution of "Made in China",
because it wasn't actually inevitable.
From the BBC, I'm Tristan Redmond in London
and I'm Asma Khalid in Washington D.C.
And today on The Global Story,
how did "Made in China" go from trashy merchandise to technological marvels?
And did the US actually give it a leg up so that China is now its greatest rival?
So far this week, we've been mostly thinking about
how the United States came to become the power that it is now.
And in today's episode, we're going to be thinking about what comes next
and the challenger waiting in the wings, and that's China.
And you know, when I think about China, I will say
it cannot be overstated just how much economically the country has transformed over the last five or six decades.
You think of China going back to the 1950s and 1960s,
and many folks didn't really see it as an economic player.