China's miracle economy can come at you in a lot of ways, from
all directions.    • Mention an interest in China to your old
friend who owns an industrial toolmaking shop and he confides
that his factory, which was started by his father and has bought
a comfortable suburban life for three generations of his family
as well as good wages to hundreds of workers, "is getting killed
by the people over there."   • Stop at the auto supply store for
windshield-wiper fluid. Half the store is now a showroom for
small Chinese motor scooters, some of which look like half-
Harleys, others like Ducatis. Most cost less than $300.   •
Decide at last to plunge into digital photography. Photo
magazines all rave about a small new camera from Nikon, an
engineering wonder that can shoot fast, captures dimly lit
scenes, and costs half the price of similar machines a year ago.
Nikon is one of Japan's marquee brands, but when you bring the
camera home from the store you spot the words in small print on
the product itself: "Made in Ch