Wow, I just picked up on something else.
See this:
>>> But among its suppliers is Shantou Garment Trading Company, based in Guandong Province.
What on earth is Guandong Province?
This area made an entire section of my newspaper back in 2001 covering about HIV tainted blood. Villagers there sold their blood to make money, then most of the village was whiped out from HIV.
Then, while we were tracking the SARs threads, we just about pinned SARs to Guandong from that inspector that caught it there.
Now, this WalMart article is making reference to prison labor camps in Guandong.
A pretty horrid picture is being painted of this area.
One has to ask how easy it is for SARS and HIV and other germs to travel in shoes, clothes and toys?
What are we buying with our bargains?