Buy a bare Edelbrock head and buy a bare Speedmaster head and you tell me which one is nicer. I have pictures but this site and their picture program SUCKS
Chinese imported tools and parts have gotten better over the past decade because folks in the US are their guinea pigs buying up bottom dollar junk until they were able to catch up in quality. Now it's similar quality for the same price and in some cases better quality because domestic production has had to go full throttle on value engineering.
This example should be a surprise to noone and won't stop most from buying those copies. They'll brag about saving a few bucks while the original company struggles to compete.