I would agree that its quite ironic that the Japs are whining about the Chinese "assault" on their market. The chinese quality has a long way to go that for sure, but just like south Korea has moved in and up, so will the chinese. Not every brand, cuz I think there will be quality segments like there are everywhere else.
How many people bought VW Phaetons? $64,000 for a VW? Not likely, their market is not perceived as high end......neither will the Chinese entries be. The Japanese vehicles were pretty lame when they started, but over the years they got it right, so much so as to teach us some lessons on quality. The Chinese will try to do probably do the same to them.....but I don't think they will ever get to quite the same level of quality.....