Quality wins consumers

Media reports about the amount Chinese tourists spent in Japan during the just-concluded Spring Festival holiday will no doubt once again rankle with domestic manufacturers.

But they should not simply complain about Chinese consumer's having an "unprincipled preference" for foreign brands.

Reports about Chinese visitors to Japan snapping up Japanese toilet seat covers in late 2015 already gave a slap in the face to domestic manufacturers, and sparked calls for them to raise their product quality.