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Sadly, a lot of the Vixen refractors and many parts are now made in China by Synta too, but to a consistent QC standard required by Vixen. I personally will only buy the older Vixen items totally made IN Japan.
Synta makes Skywatcher, Saxon, Orion (USA). Orion also has stuff made by William Optics in Taiwan. Meade refractors are predominately North Group (China), as is Explore Scientific. Celestron are now Chinese. Guan Sheng (GSO) in Taiwan make a LOT of brand's items too.
If you do NOT want a Chinese made scope, be prepared to pay more, usually a LOT more.
Chinese scopes work well, but will, on average, take some tinkering to get just right.
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