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Chinese-made condoms too small, Zimbabwe’s health minister complains
The South China Morning Post ^ | March 1, 2018 | Laura Zhou

Posted on 11/15/2019 8:47:48 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

A Chinese condom manufacturer says it is considering making its products in different sizes after Zimbabwe’s health minister complained that contraceptives made in China and exported to the African nation were too small for its men.

Health Minister David Parirenyatwa made the comments at an event in the capital Harare last week to promote HIV/Aids prevention, according to the website New Zimbabwe.com.

“The southern African region has the highest incidence of HIV and we are promoting the use of condoms,” Parirenyatwa was quoted as saying.

“Youths now have a particular condom that they like, but we don’t manufacture them. We import condoms from China and some men complain they are too small.”

Parirenyatwa added that Zimbabwean firms should look at making condoms rather than relying on imports.

Zhao Chuan, the chief executive of the condom manufacturer Beijing Daxiang and His Friends Technology Co, told the South China Morning Post the firm was planning to make contraceptives in different sizes.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: 2018; china; condoms; ibtz; oldnews; qanon; trade; wtmi; zimbabwe
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From 2018; an oldie but a goodie
1 posted on 11/15/2019 8:47:48 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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Link, since this was an excerpt

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2135243/chinese-made-condoms-too-small-zimbabwes-health-minister

2 posted on 11/15/2019 8:48:46 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
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To: 100American; al baby; Allegra; BufordP; dp0622; EveningStar; Gefn; GunsareOK; JRios1968; ...

From 2018: one of the perils of international trade.

DANG!


3 posted on 11/15/2019 8:49:16 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Too small or not big enough?


4 posted on 11/15/2019 8:53:27 PM PST by for-q-clinton
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

“Too beaucoup!”


5 posted on 11/15/2019 8:53:52 PM PST by twister881 (Jeffrey Epstein did not kill himself)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Remember that scene from “Blazing Saddles” when the Madeline Kahn character was going to have sex with the Cleavon Little character?

They were in the dark, and the Madeline Kahn character says, “Is it “twue” how you people are gifted?”

Then we hear the sound of the Cleavon Little character unzipping his pants.

Then the Madeline Kahn character says,

“It’s “twue”! It’s “twue!”


6 posted on 11/15/2019 8:55:26 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (I'm triggered by liberals and other assorted moonbats.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks


Anything made in Asia is one size too small.
7 posted on 11/15/2019 8:55:27 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Maybe they aren't using them properly?


8 posted on 11/15/2019 8:56:20 PM PST by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I recall a story about the USA sending supplies to the USSR after WWII ended and the condoms we sent to them were large but were labeled small to mess with their minds a bit.


9 posted on 11/15/2019 9:01:47 PM PST by ArtDodger
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Bah haaaaw!

America is great!


10 posted on 11/15/2019 9:03:30 PM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
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To: Telepathic Intruder
I heard walmart has to relabel stuff to American sizes all the time.
11 posted on 11/15/2019 9:03:33 PM PST by CJ Wolf (Freedom, if you can keep it)
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The reason, so I've read, that East Asians are smaller is because of their diet. While we in the west for millennia have relied mostly on wheat, they've grown rice, which is lower in nutritional value. You must eat a lot more rice to get the same benefit as wheat, but instead of growing more they just adapted and grew smaller themselves.
12 posted on 11/15/2019 9:08:01 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

ROTFL

One of the funniest headlines ever!


13 posted on 11/15/2019 9:09:53 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation
"Then the Madeline Kahn character says,
“It’s “twue”! It’s “twue!”"

However, the studio cut Clevon's next line, when he responded,
"You're licking my elbow..."

14 posted on 11/15/2019 9:10:17 PM PST by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Wonder if they fit Tonto Goldberg?


15 posted on 11/15/2019 9:13:19 PM PST by o-n-money (https://www.youtube.com/llwatch?v=4HLGEARa8xk)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

The state of PA contracted for TYVEK suits (lowest price wins) for my asbestos workers. Of course China won for their price. I couldn’t get a 6 year old fitted into an XL China suit.


16 posted on 11/15/2019 9:14:15 PM PST by Safetgiver (Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Safetgiver

I use magnums.


17 posted on 11/15/2019 9:16:58 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

I use Hefty Ultimate Flex


18 posted on 11/15/2019 9:34:59 PM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (TRUMP TRAIN !!! Get the hell out of the way if you are not on yet because we don't stop for idiots)
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To: twister881

ROTFL, you owe me a new keyboard.


19 posted on 11/15/2019 9:45:02 PM PST by rdl6989
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To: Dalberg-Acton

A DNA strand done broke off completely when that one was conceived.......


20 posted on 11/15/2019 9:47:30 PM PST by Viking2002 (..........and Epstein didn't kill himself. Yeah, I went there.)
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