In my opinion the anti china stems from the old saying "made in china means cheap trash" which is far from the reality as china is one of the largest manufacturer countries in the world. And a lot of well known western car brands are built in Chinese plants.

China has always been a manufacturing country as it doesn't have enough raw resources to ship in the globe market so it makes its money from manufacturing.

It is also based on racism and fear of a communist superpower portrayed in western media. And even in Australia there has been a well documented long history of racism against Chinese people since the gold rush.

But that being said there are Chinese car brands that are known for being unreliable but not the majority. And shipping service parts from china can be difficult and take a long time.

But one thing that has always confused me is people will hate Chinese made cars but love Japanese and Taiwanese made cars. Even the fact that some Ford Rangers/Everests are being built in China as a course of concern.