Of the Taiwan and Red Chinese importers, the way Alaskan, Krogen (Trawler, not Express, different companies) Marlow, Fleming, Outer Reef, Nordhavn and to a certain extent Hargrave got their quality up was to focus production at one yard.
I've spent some time on examples of each of these, particularly a variety of Nordhavns. Superficially (since I am an amateur and wasn't conducting full surveys), the best quality seemed to be the Flemings followed by the Marlow and the Krogens. Quality stainless components and craftmanship still seems to be the achilles heel for a lot of these boats.
I always seem to be disappointed by the Nordhavns. The layouts, as noted above, tend to be rabbit warrens and the ergonomics not quite right for me. There are some things I consistently do like, such as the ground tackle set ups and Portuguese bridges.
They say some of that is due to their design for trans-oceanic passages. The quality is "good", but not like you look at a system and say, wow, this is really nice. They seem to have a lot of happy and return customers, so they must be doing somethings well. But for my style of coastal cruising, no thanks. I did like the Outer Reefs much better, but they are more of a cross between an ocean and coastal cruiser.
One issue I consistently hear from people who buy these things new is the importance of going over there at least once, preferably twice during construction and verify it is being put together the way you want it. Those who don't typically regret it. This goes well beyond the boat industry by the way, especially pertaining to Red Chinese goods. You have to have your own people over there that you trust constantly supervising the entire engineering, parts procurement, production, packing and shipment process, or you are guaranteed an unpleasant surprise when you crack open the box over here. Properly supervised, quality can be excellent, but you cannot trust the Chinese to achieve that on their own; low cost and expediency are their priorities.
That being said, Apple's various computers and Ipods and Lenovo's IBM Thinkpads are usually considered amongst the "best in class" as two quick examples of quality Red Chinese manufactured products.
Personally my wife and I tend to avoid "Made in China" products whenever possible, Ann being even more diligent about that than I.