Korean Police Warn 60,000 Cars May Contain Highly Explosive Chinese AC Fluid

Inside Joongangdaily via The Business Insider ^ | August 05, 2010 | By Jeong Seon-eon

[Brilliant]

The Chinese don’t care much about quality, do they?

[mamelukesabre]

hahaha.

First you gotta have a leak though.

[La Lydia]

“Surname: Lee.” That really narrows it down.

[DB]

And we’re supposed to believe that picture has anything to do with the story?

[mamelukesabre]

Quality has nothing to do with it. They are substituting a whole different kind of freon.

[9422WMR]

his first name may be Kim?
Just a guess /S

[NativeNewYorker]

an arrest warrant for the head of an importing company, surnamed Lee

...well, that narrows it down. /sarc

[mamelukesabre]

sure. that’s the uber dangerous environmentally unfriendly mix:

BP gasoline in a toyota prius with chinese freon in the air conditioning.

[dog breath]

You often get more bang for your buck from the Chinese. The dragon is rotten with corruption.

[listenhillary]

Wikipedia

In 1997, a re-investigation of Boston’s Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire in 1942 cited a chloromethane leak from a refrigerator as a major cause of that disaster.

[muawiyah]

Thank goodness it wasn't "Kim" ~ something like 40% of the guys in Korea have that as first, middle, extra, last, or fool around name.

It's absolutely bizarre.

[JRandomFreeper]

When I was there, Kim Lee told me that was just a stereotype.

But I'd go back in a heartbeat. Loved the place.

/johnny

[blam]

I had an excellent engineer (A Southern Baptist of all things) named John Park work for me once...there’s a lot of Parks’ too.

[blam]

Check this out. A list showing how many people in Korea are named:

List of Korean family names

There are almost 19 million Kims followed by about 4 millions Parks.

[gunsequalfreedom]

The Chinese don’t care much about quality, do they?

Actually, it is not the top priority. It continues to amaze me how many U.S. companies buying products in China don't realize this and buy without doing the required quality control.

They buy in China with the same expectations as they buy from a manufacturer in the U.S. Can't be done.

[gunsequalfreedom]

There are almost 19 million Kims followed by about 4 millions Parks.

Try calling directory assistance in China and as for Mr. Yu. I really can't understand why they bother having directory assistance.

[biff]

Hehe, a mix of propane and butane will freeze ya out a yer cars. That is in the old R12 systems. Don’t spread this around, if ya do, well you know what I’ll have to do.

[GingisK]

Will they be allowed to park them at airports?

[Razzz42]

Somehow reminds me of Home Depot selling seconds at regular price in the beginning to get their foot in the door. And then there is ‘Made in Japan’ back in the 60s and 70s, China is government controlled at all levels and that reminds me of the movie ‘A Few Good Men.’