I don't think I've ever heard of anyone reporting a DOT code for the Maxxis M8008 (their ST radial) indicating anything other than a manufacturing country of Thailand (some charts erroneously indicate the country as China but this is an error as the manufacturing location address given in the same chart is clearly in Thailand.) I'm not sure how much this really matters since as CW noted 'China Bombs' can be created in many other ways than being manufactured in China, but just FWIW the Maxxis M8008 ST tires are not manufactured there.
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Originally Posted by Festus2
Perhaps this "China Bomb" thing is more fiction than fact.
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Some elements of fact but mostly fiction I think. If a tire is properly designed and manufactured then the country of origin in itself isn't an issue.