Change is difficult for some folk but change can be good, as a spelling change in this minor rant.
Well, wrong.
This is a UK-based forum and hence aluminium with an 'i' is correct, as it is in the vast majority of the world. Devolution of the language is a bad thing.
China does not have exactly a sterling reputation of producing to spec...so, good luck
That is indeed the legend and it does also have a lot of basis in fact. But these days if you specify such-and-such a grade of metal for a negotiated price you will get it. What happens for things like cheap machines, toys, etc, is you negotiate a price & standard and the Chinese company will deliver them to that spec & price, but you come back later and ask them can they make it cheaper and they say yes. What they don't tell you, because you didn't ask, is that they make it out of cheaper materials.
You get what you pay for.