http://www.airsoftcanada.com/showthread.php?t=149274
see i did just say this not too long ago.
yes jg is china made echo1 is an american rebrand of jg where they apparently open shim grese and qc the china made stuff, not sure if that has changed in recent years but the echo1 i just bought seems to fire more smoothly then the jg i had and just seems to feel a lil more sturdy so they may do some mfging now.