"Mainland Chinese products don't stand up to the test," says Wei Baiqing. When applying adhesives, for instance, different viscosities of glues are needed to join different shoe materials together sturdily. To economize, many shoe manufacturers in China didn't pay attention to these details. The result was that the shoes were fine for a short time, but after a while they would split open.
「大陸產品禁不起考驗，」魏百慶以「上膠」為例指出，鞋子不同材質的接合面要用不同黏性的膠黏著，才能牢靠，大陸很多鞋廠為了省事，不注重這些細節，短時間看不出差異，但時間久了，鞋子就會「開口笑」。