I'm afraid this item got lost in the shuffle. It is now over a month old, but still newsworthy.
There was an opinion piece published in Model Railroad News in June concerning Sanda Kan, one of the largest contract manufacturers in China of model railroad equipment. Here is the link to that article. I think it is worth checking out.
http://www.modelrailroadnews.com/voices/viewpointsop-eds/blog/interesting-times/6fa58324da.html