So now the Fram HP filters are Chinese? Geez....

i'm not convinced it's always corporate greed but maybe survival.If it costs you $1 to make a part and you sell it for $2 you make 100 % profit, or $1. But in China they make 10 for $1 and sell them for 50 cents, $1.50 less than you and make 400% profit, or $4, and if you don't move production to China your done!
It's just economics.