Chinese aftermarket parts, From the AA thread/no AA bashing Options

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So I finally found the article about chinese parts. It was in my Smart Money magazine not autoweek.

Here's a paragraph from the article.

The agency has also received reports of Chinese engine fuses that could spark an electrical fire, windshield glass that could shatter into large shards and poorly welded wheel rims that could separate from the wheels at highway speeds. All those parts have been recalled, along with 2 million potentially defective rubber valve stems, after a deadly accident traced to this tiny part. “It’s a growing problem,” says Sean Kane, president of Safety Research & Strategies, a consulting firm that investigates auto accidents.

Ask Sara Monk. Her husband, Robert, was killed in 2007, after he lost control of his Ford Explorer on a Florida highway. The accident occurred after one of his tires suddenly lost air pressure. But there wasn’t anything wrong with the tire. Rather, investigators linked the failure to a cracked valve stem—a $3 rubber part, made in China, that had come with a new set of tires he’d purchased about a year earlier. “It’s horrible to think something so small could be so devastating,” says Monk.

How bad are all these chinese parts.
Door handles, tailight lenses, windshields, and who knows whatever else has infiltrated the Porsche market. Everybody sells them, do you prefer one over the other?
Would you pay $100 for a reproduction part or $200 for the real deal.
Do you think every mechanic/retailer should tell you its a chinese part. I bet the guy that had his valve stems replaced didnt know. And might not of even known the difference if they did tell him. But now he's dead as a result of this chinese part.

What do you think?