Sometime this week I take delivery of a Lexmoto Isca 125. Smallest bike I've ever had, only wanting a B road runabout and limited to something small after extensive negotiations with Mrs O'Reliant who is of the opinion that I am too old for such shenanigans.
So I'll have first hand experience of the quality of Chinese engineering and whether it has improved (At least as much as the motorcycling press say it has) or whether their cheap goods (Half the price of similar Jap bikes) are just plain cheap and nasty. Can you grow an economy that much by producing crap, or do you have to up your game to match western standards?
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The new China 
The new China