Chinese Violins

As I am Ryan and play violin a lot, I was interested in doing the topic of Chinese violins.
Chinese violins are known for their cheap prices and relative quality for these prices. Though Chinese violins generally sound good, they are not comparable to those made by expert luthiers (violin-makers) in other countries. This is mainly because in China, they make violins with cheaper quality materials and try to speed up the making process. There are two general ways that they make violins in China. The cheapest and perhaps most profitable (simply because they sell A LOT of them because they are REALLY cheap) way to make violins is by machine. They have machines which are able to do an ok job, but in order to make a good violin, that is not good enough. Each violin is different, and their materials are all different, and you can;t make them all the same. Each one requires a precise way of carving and gluing, and this needs to be done by a person. This is the other way that people make violins make violins in China-by hand. This usually has better results, and sometimes their violins are very good. However, they often try to speed up the process with bad results. One of these is by drying the wood with a kiln rather than air, which cuts the time by almost 6 years, but can ruin the wood, or make it if lesser quality. These are the main reasons for the indesirablity of Chinese violins. When they are made well though, they are the equal of any modern violin around the world.