When I'm shopping and find a product with the words, "Made in China", stamped on it, it is often the low price that made me pick up the item in the first place.

When I see "Made in China" I generally associate those words with a low-quality product for an amazingly low price.

For some products I may be completely delighted to find a super-cheap product that will serve a purpose for even a limited amount of time.  Little household items or decorations, for example, are things I may pick up at the local dollar store.   While I may look for higher quality in something that takes a beating in use (a broom, mop, or stapler, for example), I'm often pleased to find things that don't take much of a beating for a dollar.  An extra pair of scissors for use on just paper, a pretty little bud vase, a dust pan in a color to match my kitchen - these are all things I'd buy with a "Made in China" sticker on them.

What I won't buy are products children or pets would use.  Also, I wouldn't buy products that we use up, like cleaning products, colognes, soaps, moisturizers, or foods.  (I actually try to stay away from all foods that are not made in the US.  I realize that even with strict regulations problems arise with foods in the US.  Somehow, though, I feel more comfortable buying foods made in the US.)

Electronics is another category of items that, if made in China, I would not buy.

Unless clothing has a well known name on it, I would not buy clothing made in China either.  Anyone who has even tried to find something like a simple t-shirt or simple Summer skirt at a certain, large, well known, discount store knows that made-in-China clothing items don't fit well, hang well, or stand up well to washings.

I think more than twice about dishes that have been made in China.  If a dish were something like a candy dish that would be used only occasionally I may be more likely to buy it than if it were, say, a coffee mug that would be used regularly.

In general, "Made in China" is something I will overlook when items are incidental items that don't get much use or are used for decorative purposes only; and otherwise avoid items that I know were made in China.

Some Christmas ribbon or a cute, decorative, bud vase from a dollar store, and marked, "Made in China", may be kind of fun to buy; but when high quality matters to me I aim to buy products that were not manufactured in China.