My personal experience is the China ones are the best and the Tunisia ones are awful. They're so bad they look fake. They feel too soft. They don't have that new crisp bag feel. I returned 3 LePliage mailed from
Nordstrom because all 3 were MIT and they were really bad in one way or another. I bought one MIC from the boutique but I had her open up 3 (MIC) to find one that did have any flaws. The MIT from the boutique was really bad. The black paint around the handles was messy and the handles were sewn on crooked. Even the SA thought it was a bad one. If you can't find France, China is the next best thing.