The whole point of the article is to put Chinese tires on consumers radar, it doesn't matter if they're rated poorly. Eventually Consumer Distorts will do a tire review and declare that Chinese tires have improved so much that they are now the best tire on the market. Americans love that come from behind, underdog story and they'll lap it up. And in the process more American manufacturing run by old white men will be moved to manufacturing run by anyone other than old white men, which was the goal all along.
