[Wallace T.]

Thanks for the correction. Wal Mart does a huge grocery and drug business, in which Chinese sources are virtually nonexistent and where domestic producers predominate. Additionally, other Asian countries give Red China strong competition in the area of garment manufacturing. The biggest market penetration by Chinese made goods appears in the area of consumer electronics, followed by toys and small tools.

[L98Fiero]

"The biggest market penetration by Chinese made goods appears in the area of consumer electronics, followed by toys and small tools."

Yep. I see that as well.

I recently bought a Chinese accoustic guitar.

http://www.elderly.com/new_instruments/names/blueridge-br-343-%22gospel%22-000-guitar--BR343.htm

It IS a high-quality instrument. All-solid-wood accoustic guitars are generally quite expensive. So, I get a soild-wood accoustic for about half the price of a comparable Martin or such. Prefect for my couch guitar.

[maxwellp]

My husband and I shopped for food the other day at Wal-Mart for the first time. It's true, the food is not from China and we were very pleasantly surprised by the money we saved. There was a huge variety and the produce was fresh. We're going back next week.