>However, despite producing over 80% of the world’s ballpoint pens, China was unable to produce the entire pen domestically. Chinese manufactured ballpoint tips performed poorly, with scratchy writing as the result. This attracted the notice of government officials, which resulted in a push to improve the indigenous ballpoint technology. In 2017, they succeeded, producing high-quality ballpoint pens for the first time. China couldn't even produce ballpoint pens well until 2017. Meanwhile anne frank built them in 1930 in an attic while Nahtzees were murdering her.