Your all going off on a tangent as if China and Taiwan are the only places that make kits.
Yes they make the bulk of what we buy and yes one is better than the other but the original question was one of high end and high quality.
High end is in a name, high quality you will not get from either of the above.
If you want quality make or commission your own.
When a British manufacturer start producing a quality kit I would love to be able to buy it, of course it won't happen cos this world we all live in is not about quality, it's about money.
I WAS MADE IN ENGLAND.