It is terrible that many, many things are made in China and other poor countries for wages and in conditions that we find abhorrent in America. (Not just quilts, and not just in China. Check out the labels on some of your clothing, athletic shoes, electronics, etc.). But oftentimes working in these bad conditions are the only jobs available for the people who do them, and the only way to put food on the table for their families at all.
It's hard to know what we in America and other wealthier countries can actually do in our own lives to impact this situation at all. Buy less, or be sure to buy only things made in this country? Difficult to do nowadays, and doing so might mean one less job for a factory worker overseas who may be the sole support of his/her family. Contribute to charities who try to help with the development of small businesses in poor countries, like Heifer International? That's one thing we can do. But of course it's only a drop in the bucket of the huge worldwide factory production in terrible conditions for the many, many products we all consume every day.
Ideas about this? My point is that quilting by American quilters for the reasons we do it isn't impacted in any way that I can tell by imported quilts, as poorly or as well-made as they may be. Most of us aren't into quilting as a business, so how are we hurt by these imports? People who do buy them surely understand these aren't made by American quilters.
Dana