[12Gauge687]

It’s not a matter of ‘Chicoms’ as you state. As long as China has had arbitrary authority, this behavior has been going on. It was like that well before the Communists took over.

The reason other countries with ethnic Chinese have progressed is the development of and adherence to contract law.

Too many Americans show outrage about Chinese products but do very little. I was in a bar three years ago when a fellow stopped by. After a few minutes, he started railing against China. When I bet him that his leather jacket was made in China, he took the bet because his brother bought the jacket and he would never buy anything from China. We examined the jacket together and I found the “Made in China” label. Unfortunately, he left immediately and I never got my Balvenie.

[kellynla]

It’s not a matter of ‘Chicoms’ as you state?

"All these quirks of national character would be harmlessly amusing in a business environment constrained by impartial law and rational politics, as indeed is the case in Hong Kong and Singapore, and increasingly in Taiwan. In mainland China’s barbarously low level of political and legal development, they express as poisonous pathologies — metaphorically poisonous to a healthy capitalist mentality, but sometimes literally poisonous to the unwary consumer, as we have seen in the recent scandals over toys, baby food, and pet food."

The reason other countries with ethnic Chinese have progressed is the development of and adherence to contract law.

And the difference in Singapore, Taiwan & Hong Kong and China is that they are not COMMUNIST.

I suggest you stick to "debating" drunks in bars. LOL