ThinkPads are made in the same place and by the same people as they were when IBM owned them. All of the ThinkVantage Technology software is owned by Lenovo now.
Lenovo didn't "buy out" IBM - they bought IBM's PC Division only.
Jesus you guys are idiots. You sound like the gov't - "OMG, ThinkPads and ThinkCentre's are made by the Chinese now, we can't trust them." Guess what? Dell's computers are made in China too. *GASP*