Made in Taiwan, province of...

China


Wow. I went to the Deere dealer to get parts for my baler. This box was sitting on the counter. Wonder what Taiwan thinks of that...

The gloves are coming off !!!!

Another US company kissing up to China.

Kubota probably has more made in USA parts than Deere
now

should be against the law...gloves are off ...dewy

Last I knew Taiwan was a sovereign nation, and not
a province of China

(quoted from post at 17:14:17 02/25/20) Kubota probably has more made in USA parts than Deere
now

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I think you're right about that one.

Nixon, the first president to go to China, took IH or Case what ever it was called then, with him.

I have a hard time believing it will ever come back
either especially with guys that think they should
paid a union wage to run a push broom and guys
that won?t get out of bed for 15$ an hour I?ve been
made fun of for only making 15$ by guys right here
on this board . Here?s my John Deere Taiwan
breaker bar freeing up a stuck pinion on a rack and
pinion wheel





The USA made light switch was only 4$ more than
the Chinese ones the aftermarket guys sell

I'm not sure about that. It's kind of murky. The Republic of China is located on Taiwan, while the People's Republic of China is located on the Mainland.

When I was there in 1958, the Republic of China led by Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek was in exile on Taiwan. I was in a US Marine Corps jet fighter squadron deployed to a Nationalist Chinese Air Force base by PingTung. The reason we were there was there was a major confrontation between Nationalist China (People's Republic) on Taiwan and Red China on the Mainland over the ownership and occupation of the Quemoy and Matsu Islands in the Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and the Mainland. For more info than you'd ever want, Google "Second Taiwan Strait Crisis".

The operation wasn't given a lot of publicity at the time because the Cold War was going strong. The U.S. was backing Nationalist China while the old USSR was backing Red China on the mainland. In fact, our Air Group Commander put out a memo the effect that when Marines were off base in an off duty status he "suggested" we wear civilian clothes to lessen the possibility of a political event. When a Bird Colonel makes a suggestion, to the troops it has the weight of a direct order so we wore civilian clothes a lot on Taiwan.

The decisive point came when we rigged a couple dozen NCAF F-86's to carry Sidewinder heat seeking air to air missiles. The NCAF F-86's already enjoyed a substantial positive kill ratio over the Red Chines MIG-17's, suddenly they began picking them off at will from a safe distance resulting in something of a "turkey shoot".

Shortly thereafter there was a scramble for a diplomatic solution.

We Marines who participated were all awarded a medal called the Badge of Honor by the Nationalist Chinese government, and I still have the attached patch on a flight jacket.

I hope I didn't hijack this thread. If I did, I apologize.

You work as hard as anyone I have ever known, will never gig you on money.

Thanks . I guess if you want to farm your going to gave to work for it because it doesn?t come easy

Taiwan has always been a part of China.

To believe Taiwan is a separate country you need to believe the Republic of China (ROC) still exist.
If you do that the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) will not have diplomatic relations with you.
And that would essentially start another cold war.
So while the USA supplies arms to the ROC (Taiwan) to defend itself from the PRC (the mainland) it does not recognize the ROC as a separate government.

Fascinating information Goose , thanks for sharing your experience with us.

Most likely they use that labeling for products that might go to China. China is insistent that Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau are all provinces of China. The UN and US have not recognized the Republic of China as a country for many decades. Taiwanese companies that do business in China will be very careful not to infuriate the Chinese government. Labeling Taiwanese products as coming from "a province of China" is a very prudent move for Taiwanese companies.

When I traveled to China several years ago, I was surprised to see how the entrances to the Shanghai departure terminal were labeled: There was one door for residents of China, another for foreigners, and a third door for residents of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. All Chinese are one big happy family!

That's the reason for all the protests in Hong Kong they know what it'd be like under total Chinese domination.Terrible place with no respect for any individual rights especially ethnic
minorities.

Pretty neat stuff there Goose !