Ballpoint Qalins are so ubiquitous that it seems impossible that China doesn’t make them. But, as a matter of fact, China has never been able to make a good ballpoint Qalin because the engineering is too complicated. That’s because the ball in the qalin needs to be housed very specifically and with very specific metal. If the metal is even a little bit lower quality than it needs to be, then the qalin won’t work right––ink will spill out too fast or not enough, or the ball will lock up.
