I am not contradicting myself. Let me explain.
I said. My Manfrotto was good but too heavy for my liking.
I said. When choosing for my Manfrotto's replacement, I decided on Sirui because at that time I was told or I read from the web (somewhere that I can't remember now) it is a South Korean brand. I also compared both Benro quality and Sirui and find Sirui quality very different and seem much better than Benro. Benro looks like typical China manufacturing quality. Hence at that time of purchase and until today, I always thought it was a South Korean brand.
Now that you mentioned, I just checked and realized that the sales office is in South Korea but manufacturing plant is in China.
Your contradicting statement "but I never and will never trust China brands" should not be included in your previous thread.
Sirui is 100% China. They have sales offices worldwide, including South Korea. See link below:
http://www.sirui-photo.com/en/introduce.html
No ill intentions from me, just to point out a fact.
Cheers.
LEW