Question: Who is really to blame for this sort of thing?
Truth is you could insert any country you want into that list. The ones to blame are the consumers. Us, we are the consumers!
For the most part they (we) do not really care about quality, they (we) care about the dollars. If they can get 'the same thing <almost>' for cheaper then they (we) will do it. Blaming another country or a government is simply ignoring the facts, today the society is built on getting what you want for a little as you can.
Of course there are some of us that are willing to pay top dollar for whatever product we choose to put top of our importance list but we same people will go out of our way to pay $1 for milk rather than $1:20.
Consumer society is great but consumer society sucks....... If only I could find a desert island for the price of a TV.....