published May 8th 2017, 4:00 pm, by Lulu Yilun Chen (Bloomberg) —For decades China’s contract manufacturers have been content mostly to churn out gadgets designed by the world’s tech companies. Now they’re going a step further — seeking out entrepreneurs and building their designs in hopes of finding the next

A rifle is only as good as the rifleman’s ability to hit his target. Many a novice hunter, equipped with the most expensive rifle they could find, has gone into the field with a $50 scope picked up as an afterthought. They find their rifle is not as lethal as expected when, time and again, their apparently clean shot fails to hit their target. The problem is not the rifle. The problem is probably not the hunter’s aim. The problem is a sub-par scope.