Who is spoonfeeding you guys this and why do you choose to just accept it as fact without questioning it?
Dude. I work for the Dept of Justice and have spent a great deal of time overseas Japan, China, Malaysia, etc. Some of the people in the department work with American companies that have contracts to cut down on supplies being produced in China that go to a third party. Manufacturing companies get contracts with Nike, Adidas, etc to make shoes and they always produce more. A lot of it is for quality control. However, all the shoes that don't pass inspection aren't destroyed (like they should be according to contract) Instead they are sold. The flaws may be a little as a flawed stitch pattern to a wrong size label being placed on the shoe.
I'm no expert but I know what I know and it's first hand knowledge from people who police this stuff. Well not so much anymore because, Nike and others don't mention it because China isn't real big on criticism and they don't want to mess up the good thing they got going as far as manufacturing cost. This is why many companies across the world don't do anything to stop it. This is not speculation or rumor, it's fact. There are numerous companies such as Burberry, Adidas, Coach, and others that have the same problem that Nike/JB has. Unfortunately, its the price that they pay for the trade off of cutting cost.