[Chode]

China Industries International

their new corporate logo...

[DumpsterDiver]

"Made in China" once stood for good deals.

If you say so. I associate "Made in China" with cheap junk.

[The Great RJ]

The root cause of China’s product problem is the continued state ownership of businesses. Since the managers involved have no direct ownership of the business and are likely rewarded only by production quotas, there is every incentive to knowingly pad things with shoddy or dangerous raw materials for personal gain. It was the same situation in the former Soviet Union where production quotas were overfilled for bonuses by making faulty products. e.g., the glass factory that made window glass thinner to produce more square meters of glass from the available raw materials...needless to say most of this glass was broken before leaving the factory.

[Think free or die]

The lack of labelling is very frustrating, as is the paucity of options in some markets. I avoid Chinese goods when I can, but many products aren't labelled with country of origin, or the domestic manufacturers have already been driven out of business. It's pretty hard for the market to force changes if the consumers aren't properly informed of their choices or have to chose between Chinese shoe A and Chinese shoe B.

My husband just experienced two catastrophic tire failures in the space of 3 months. Both occurred at highway speeds and could easily have killed a less skilled driver. I have my suspicions about where the tires were manufactured.

[nothingnew]

he country's former top food and drug regulator was executed this month for accepting bribes to approve substandard medicine.

Whoa!!!!....they don't mess around over there, do they?

FMCDH(BITS)

[sweetiepiezer]

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