All good points.  And I have a little company in China & I live here to be sure that everything is on the up & up.  No recalls & no rejects.  But it seems as though many people still don't get it. They always decide on price & that's why these kinds of things happen.  Push too much on price & the Chinese are clever to change things when you are not looking.  As they say "the customer will never notice"  American Ally Company never does that.

capitalism brings out the rat in everybody!

People saving money and people making money!

Go ahead and use chinese stuff but don't whine when you/yours gets sick!

Bush must have chinese companies as contributors like the drug/oil contributors!

This country does not have democracy! We are governed by lobbyists!

I am an importer of Chinese made products for US manufacturers, and I am very aware of the risks involved in buying from China.  What we do is control our suppliers and do proper testing to ensure that the goods that we recieve for our customers meet the saftey standards here in the US.  Throwing out all Chinese made products and vowing never to buy Chinese goods again is simply not feasible.  You'll have to throw out virtually everything that you've ever bought, and will overpay for everything you buy in the future.  And small and medium sized companies can take advantage of buying from China without risking their businesses.  I would be happy to help anyone that needs to buy from China, as that is what I do and it can be very low risk, if approached in the correct manner.

GE has moved their global sourcing head office from New York to Shanghai. Delphi's China-based operations are helping keep the company afloat. Dell is said to be the largest private manufacturer in China. Like it or not, Made in China is now a global reality. But every industry has a quality certification unit. And the onus is on those of us who import from China to subject our products to continuous independent certification to ensure satisfactory performance.

I've started my own boycott against all merchandise imported from China. Not only do they have no safety standards (and don't care to have them unless they're caught), I don't like their labor practices. Their workers are treated horribly and barely given subsistence wages. I look at every label and if it't from China, I won't buy it. I looked online for a group that supports a boycott because there's obviously more strength in numbers, but haven't been able to find one. I just tell all my friends and family what I'm doing and hope they follow suit.
Paulette Langguth

Are other countries that import good from China having these same problems?  Or are the only tainted products sent to America alone?  If so, is China specifically targeting us in an attempt to cripple us financially???

I'm ahead of you. For a long time, I have advocated "don't buy China products".  They own the US. They take our money, feed a million man army and buy weapons that they will use on us. They couldn't do this without American citizens support.But, we never "nip anything in the bud".

Over reacting xenophobia!  The vast amount of Goods from China are safe. Frankly the US government's rules and regulations make it very difficult to make it in America.  How many car recalls are there in a year, but no one is saying don't buy US made cars,which we depend on for our safety.  Use reason and logic, not kneejerk reactions.

The Chinese are our enemy. From producing rockets to sell to Korea and Pakistan, to the mindless exporting to our people the poisonous products such as melamine-tainted dog/cat food ingredients, to the lead-paint(ed) toys. They simply don't give a damn about us or our safety. I have done business with Chinese and they are ruthless. There is no "give and take" as in the American system of business, instead it is loaded one way only going their way. They truthfully don't respect us or our race. Can we remember as far back as WWII when the other Asian country, Japan, showed us such little respect and in many instances during the war, treated others so much as dogs in their mind. It is called racial supremacy and the Chinese, like the Japanese have it in bucketfulls.

The own much of the U.S. debt and if we are not careful will manage to economically starve us before this is over. The Bush administration is asleep at the wheel, (what else is new?) and we probably will never see the toughness that is needed when dealing with the Chinese or other Asians of like mind.

while you are at it, you should make sure you aren't eating beef (think of how many american companies have had recalls because of E. coli -- or the limited reports of possible mad cow from canada), chicken (salmonella), spinach and other vegetables produced from California (E. coli and salmonella), canned goods (Atlanta company recently recalled almost its entire line of chili, stews, etc because of botulism) or canned green beans (stores such as kroger just recently did a recall because of botulism), hot dogs (last summer's listeria recall).  You should avoid buying outdoor chairs from walmart (i had a pair recalled last year because of a tipping hazards -- they were not produced in China), any thing with a laptop battery (they may overheat or explode), any cars (yes, even american vehicles have recalls for "safety" issues such as airbag malfunctions, fuel line problems, etc... "China's" quality control issues are hardly any different than the rest of the world... even the US... the only difference, is they produce more than any other country -- my guess is the ratio of problems per item produced coming from China is probaby on par (or less given their volume) than those produced in other countries.

Fueled by ignorant articles like this, no wonder why there's so much pandemonium surrounding products from China. No doubt safety is a top priority and I am 100% for better controls but banning all China products from the household is insane. A few rogue company's (and I'm sure there will be more) should not equate to "blacklist" China products. Several cases out of hundreds of billions of dollars (factory prices, not retail) should not be the cause for such an uproar. Was there a public outcry to ban all U.S. agriculture with the outbreak of E.Coli in Spinach? How about banning the pharmaceutical industry for making drugs that cause depression and suicide? Where were the Firestone tires that had problems made? Let's not forget mad cow disease either. The issues at hand are serious but I'm tired of the stereotype that all China products are "dangerous" and consumers should all be aware. Don't forget it's the American public that demands cheap, cheap, cheap and it's the importers and retailers that are giving in. Guess what, look to them for accountability before pointing the finger at the manufacturer....most of the time it's their ridiculous demands that creates rogue company's to begin with. Everything can be Made in America....but question is, can you afford it?

It's time we bring American product home. Made in America will save our economy. Made in China is killing people and making them ill. Read an article that said that 300 million babies in China die each year from the tainted water they have there and 190 million people are made ill from that water. Not sure but I think that is more people a year ill or dead than we even have in the U.S. Why in the name of good common sence would we want to continue to import from China. They don't care about their own people do you think they care about us? NO.

It used to be that way.  Now the clothes come from Indo-China, food from China, help-desk information for India, and it goes on and on.  It is the almight profit/bottom line that the corporations are looking at, not weither the job could be done better in the states or should be out-sourced.  They don't want to pay the minimum wage here in the USA so they would rather pay sub-wages to have it produced overseas/handled overseas.  It is PROFIT, and nothing else -- the wanting to line their own(corporate) pockets and share the wealth as little as possible.

This isn't just about tainted toys. We are to blame for the mad dash of businesses to go to China. Our obcession with "CHEAP" everything is to blame. You get what you pay for. China is a country that has no respect for life. They still are a COMMUNIST country and we are enabling them to increase the size of their army and other military forces by huge amounts by moving our jobs to their country. They don't care if they poison Americans or anyone else. They have learned from American corporations that greed is good and to get as much as you can.. The American government can't realy hurt them if they poison or kill Americans. The big corporations wouldn't let the government do anything anyway. They own the politicians. The more profits the better.

It is a shame that many of the manufacturing jobs have gone to China among other places outside the U.S.  I would hope that Americans would make some effort to look at the labels of where things are made; I know that I do and sometimes have no choice.  If businesses are going to continue to do business with China, then they must do more to assure safety and quality standards are met.  It seems that if businesses here are to rely on the Chinese to do inspections, then they will fail.  China needs to do its part to keep up with safety and health standards of the places it ships to or risk losing some of its exporting business.  

This is right on the Mark. As a small company owner I can Ill afford to sell a substandard product let alone have a product recall. The author left out one other aspect of doing business with China.  The possibilty of having your product stolen and sold by a chinese company. It happens all the time.  We do all of our manufacturning  right here in the good old USA with all american made raw materials and are very proud to do so.

30 years or so ago, or maybe not quite that long. Americans knew products made in foreign countries were not as good quality as American made and we did not buy those goods, now these products are being thrown at us with very little choice , since everyone is going to foreign manufactories.  sad sad

The toothpaste was the last straw for my wife and I.  We are no longer purchasing products made in china, especially food products. Any products we discover were imported and manufactured in china we are now quickly taking back to the retail store for refund.  We just spent $45 on a turtle ramp for our aquarium and found out it was made in china.  Once placed in the tank the entire tank turned oily.  Doesn't sound safe to me.

I'm an American consultant who does a lot of work in the Chinese rubber and footwear industries, so I have some experience on this issue.  It's not that Chinese companies knowingly do the wrong thing (although we've seen a few high-profile cases, which I believe are rare).  Rather, my experience is that too few American companies go to China with the technical knowledge that they need to evaluate products and manufacturing processes.  Chinese standards and practices are not the same as ours, and for many products -- they don't even use them, so they have no idea of the requirements.  If an American company assumes that the Chinese know what to do, without being able to tell them what the COMPLETE requirements are in the U.S. (including product safety), chances are that the American company will have some problems.  Too often, the Americans going over to source things in China are clueless about those issues themselves, as well as any technical issues connected with the product serviceability, etc.  The Sales and Marketing or Corporate Financial types that often show up in China have valuable skill-sets, but they don't have the insight to see below the outward form of a product, or anticipate the "hidden surprises" that they could encounter later.  Indeed, as U.S. industries shut down, and the technical people disperse to other jobs, that skill-set is waning here.

I am a business owner and I import product from China, of which 90% turns out to be counterfeit.
I am shocked a few bloggers expressed that China isn't that bad because American companies also produce faulty products or contaminated food. China is a disaster as far as protecting the public:bribing Governement official is the norm, they have no system to recall faulty product, they have no tort system (no such thing as sueing someone in court), no legitimate justice system (impossible for a US business owner to have a Chinese businessman arrested for fraud).      

gee its a little hard to feel any sympathy for a big company that sold out thousands of american workers for chinese slaves.i hope they all go under.If i had stocks id buy a savings account

PART 1: Hello All.  I would like to simply list dollars and cents, the math so to speak.  Being a person who has worked in "toys" for a few years, I believe I have and would like to share the REAL truth about China, Value and Money.  Lets talk retail.  Your Targets, Wal-Marts and same type retailers demand 40%-50% mark ups from the purchase price of items.  Manufacturers aim for 20-30% above the Cost Of Goods (Parts to create a product) so they can just operate and continue to pay their employee's and keep their companies going.  So lets play the money game.  Your standard doll sells at “STANDARD RETAILER” for $19.99, this is called SRP (Standard Retail Price).  Remove 50% from that and its probably what they paid for that particular doll.  So “STANDARD RETAILER” purchases the doll from AXY Toy company for $10.00.  That actually sounds like a lot of money right?  I mean profit for AXY, but its simply NOT.  AXY's price for the "doll" can be as much as $7 or $8 dollars!  How?  Watch and learn...  The doll body, made of plastic may cost $1.00, this does not include charges for tooling if it’s a new body or face or any additional charges, just simply the body.  Paint (not tainted, lets just try to follow along here...).  You'll need paint, multiple colors to paint onto her face.  This is NOT done by machine, but by hand using a series of paint operations.  Well, in China a person is paid a nominal fee to do this. Here in the US, we need to pay them a minimum of $7.50 per hour, so lets say it takes this person 1/2 hour to do it, we just blew $3.50 (is it starting to make sense yet?).  OK, so lets add .50c for the paint.  The hair, it in itself could cost .50c depending if you want nice, brush able hair or junk that will pull out later. Where are we now?  Oh yeah - we're at $2.00 right now.  Clothing.  Fashion clothing could add up to $$$$’s.  Why?  Layers and layers and have you noticed all the extra’s like, oh STITCHING?  Just imagine rows and rows of workers with SEWING machines pushing out little itsy-bitsy pants and tops all with buttons and embroidery and lace or what have you?  Lets add $2.00 right there.  Now we are at $4.00.  Shoes.  Every single shoe you see, if it’s a snap on or a shoe that fits over the foot needs to be “tooled”.  Tooling basically means that someone has to sculpt the shoe out of putty then a mold needs to be made etc.  Some shoes are painted, some have add-ons like buckles/rhinestones and some are just one color plastic.  Add .25c.  $4.25.  Now, every single doll needs her purse, and maybe her makeup and mirrors along with some type of comb or brush.  Add another buck!  $5.25! Lastly the packaging!  Packaging is so vitally important to any product that manufacturers will spend a LOT for it. They must add their screened art, metallic over-lays, acetate (plastic box), fancy 3 dimensional copy (wording) as well as, in some cases paid child actors to take action shots with the doll for the perfect picture or whatever they need to make the client (child) want it even more!  Add $1.50.  Now where are we?  Oh yeah - $6.75, now AXY must pay for the freight to have their items shipped to the “STANDARD RETAILER”  warehouse!  There goes the very last bit.  So, when anyone insists, lets buy “Made in the USA”, remember – people want to buy CHEAP!  If that doll was made in the US, it probably would cost you at the store $59.95, and who would buy it then?   If we truly want “Made In the USA” we need realistic monetary structure over EVERYTHING.  My first condo cost me $96k 4 years ago.  Soon after I purchased that 700sq foot home I dated someone that drove a Porche.  He paid more for his car than I did for my home! That is the very problem with our system, our economy and everything we as a people stand for.  I am a capitalist!  I like to have and earn and have the chance to earn more, but lets be realistic. With the “Global Economy” changing, we will all be in the poor house soon.ello All.  I would like to simply list dollars and cents, the math so to speak.  Being a person who has worked in "toys" for a few years, I believe I have and would like to share the REAL truth about China, Value and Money.  Lets talk retail.  Your Targets, Wal-Marts and same type retailers demand 40%-50% mark ups from the purchase price of items.  Manufacterurs aim for 20-30% above the Cost Of Goods (Parts to create a product) so they can just operate and continue to pay their employee's and keep their companies going.  So lets play the money game.  Your standard doll sells at Target for $19.99, this is called SRP (Standard Retail Price).  Remove 50% from that and its probably what they paid for that particular doll.  So Target (again, just simply using a famlier name and make no claims as to this amount being correct) purchases the doll from AXY Toy company for $10.00.  That actually sounds like a lot of money right?  I mean profit for AXY, but its simply NOT.  AXY's price for the "doll" can be as much as $7 or $8 dollers!  How?  Watch and learn...  The doll body, made of plastic may cost $1.00, this does not include charges for tooling if its a new body or face or any additional charges, just simply the body.  Paint (not tainted, lets just try to follow along here...).  You'll need paint, multiple colors to paint onto her face.  This is NOT done by machine, but by hand using a series of paint opperations.  Well, in China a person is paid a nominal fee to do this. Here in the US, we need to pay them a minimum of $7.50 per hour, so lets say it takes this person 1/2 hour to do it, we just blew $3.50 (is it starting to make sense yet?).  OK, so lets add .50c for the paint.  The hair, it inself could cost .50c depending if you want nice, brushable hair or junk that will pull out later. Where are we now?  Oh yeah - we're at $2.00 right now.  

Part 2: Clothing.  Fashion clothing could add up to $$$$’s.  Why?  Layers and layers and have you noticed all the extra’s like, oh STITCHING?  Just imagine rows and rows of workers with SEWING machines pushing out little itsy-bitsy pants and tops all with buttons and embroidery and lace or what have you?  Lets add $2.00 right there.  Now we are at $4.00.  Shoes.  Every single shoe you see, if it’s a snap on or a shoe that fits over the foot needs to be “tooled”.  Tooling basically means that someone has to sculpt the shoe out of putty then a mold needs to be made etc.  Some shoes are painted, some have add-ons like buckles/rhinestones and some are just one color plastic.  Add .25c.  $4.25.  Now, every single doll needs her purse, and maybe her makeup and mirrors along with some type of comb or brush.  Add another buck!  $5.25! Lastly the packaging!  Packaging is so vitally important to any product that manufacturers will spend a LOT for it. They must add their screened art, metallic over-lays, acetate (plastic box), fancy 3 dimensional copy (wording) as well as, in some cases paid child actors to take action shots with the doll for the perfect picture or whatever they need to make the client (child) want it even more!  Add $1.50.  Now where are we?  Oh yeah - $6.75, now AXY must pay for the freight to have their items shipped to the “STANDARD RETAILER”  warehouse!  There goes the very last bit.  So, when anyone insists, lets buy “Made in the USA”, remember – people want to buy CHEAP!  If that doll was made in the US, it probably would cost you at the store $59.95, and who would buy it then?   If we truly want “Made In the USA” we need realistic monetary structure over EVERYTHING.  My first condo cost me $96k 4 years ago.  Soon after I purchased that 700sq foot home I dated someone that drove a Porche.  He paid more for his car than I did for my home! That is the very problem with our system, our economy and everything we as a people stand for.  I am a capitalist!  I like to have and earn and have the chance to earn more, but lets be realistic. With the “Global Economy” changing, we will all be in the poor house soon.

For packaged and processed foods, it's difficult to ascertain whether the components were made in China because the US does not require that the ingredients are labeled with country of origin. My pets and I are choosing more fresh produce and other foods with labeled by country of origin.

I would like any American companies out there know that I look for the "made in the USA" label. I will not purchase food items made in China. I was very dismayed to see that "Mrs. Mays," an organic food maker, processes in China. How can you call that organic? I'm glad to see there are others noticing this problem.

I'm a Chinese married to an American man a few years ago. Now, we are having our own company in China. One of our main business is to offer the quality assurance service to those companies which are purchasing products from China.

To those who are purchasing or about to purchase the goods from China, I think that it is very important to have a reasonable and practical quality assurance program to work with your Chinese vendors. One of the keys are to make sure that your Chinese vendors understand the goal of this program is to protect the interests of both parties as much as possible. Then, they will be more willing to co-operate with you to conduct the program.

Also, it is very important to have your Chinese vendors be aware that your people are always checking the products quality  so that they ought to put their "sneaky" ideas aside, such as changing the parts without the authorization from the client. We do see this problem quite frequently in our daily work. Some Chinese business owners or the factory mid-level managers just feel that they might be lucky enough to do such things without being caught and they could get extra profit from the deal. Come to the point about how to keep the long term business relationship with the clients, I have been shocked for several times at what kind of short-sight those Chinese actually have, even though I am a Chinese also.

So few people in China do realize that to keep delivering good quality products is not only to benefit the clients on the other side of the world, also to benefit themselvs. They do not realize that sometimes, the price for them being "sneaky" on the quality could be so much higher than they thought. It is way too late to feel regret,when they are asked by the unsatified client to pay for the goods shipping back to China or to take care of the cost of the the goods repairing in the States.

I,ve said for years that the Chinese and Mexicans, as well as some Middle Easterners all want our Life and our Land but do not want Our Laws.Washington and Wall Street have both sold this Country out and those who have the money will abandon this Country and head to Europe leaving the rest of us(whose non-Native Peoples)built this place and created the one-time greatest Nation on Earth.When that happens the lives of those left behind will be forfeit.

I say shame on Matttel and other companies in this country for not checking what they are selling . If these companies would just take a little money and time to quality check the goods they are recieving or better yet inspect the Chinese and other outsource plants that manufacture their products they could avoid a lot of problems . What this means is that they have to stop being pointed-haired bosses who pass on blame but take huge salaries and start takeing responsablity for their actions . I work in a herbal dietery manufactoring plant and some of our raw materials come from China . Most of our raw material comes from other sources but regardless of where it comes from all of it is sampled and checked for contamination and rejected if it is found lacking . I t may cost a little more but we have not had a recall in the last 5 years . Business is growing profits are rising pay is going up and we do this without hurting the end user .

Doing business in China is not easy. The three most important factors are patience, patoence and patience. If you do not know what you sre doing you can lose all (Mr. China). Most American companies think getting a local is enough and do not do their home\work as they would in other countries. The local leads them by the nose where his or her "Guanxi " is served, sometimes milking the cow until it dies. German companies are the most sucessful because they use foreign China based consultants to do their homework.

Purchasing directly can be more expense and most expensive in the long run. Using your China sales office to buy for you is the worst thimng you can do. They do not know the production side and when they learn it they will use your sales network for themselves. Your home based or overseas procurement office might not have the technical expertise, product experience and objectivity to get the delivery and standards you need. They might not have the years of building "Guanxi" with suppliers to get the best price availaible nor the total buying power a third party has. Trading companies have higher volume of sales and good relations with manufacturers and can get lower prices, but they are after the deal and do not look after your interest. Sourcing companies identify, qualify and develope suppliers and save you money in the short and long term.





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Don't be so quick to point the finger. Products made in the US aren't 100% safe either. Or quality made. How many recalls have you heard about in the past few years from American products? There have been plenty.

The Chinese are not the ones invading us, WE are the ones who are giving them jobs and going over to their country, on their land, to have them products goods FOR US. Businesses in the US, small and large, are the ones who are contracting out to China because it doesn't cost as much to make the product. Wages are low there and I agree, workers should be paid more. But don't think that there are companies in the US who are not underpaying their employees. It happens here in the US. I mean, who can really live on minimum wage??

Go ahead, buy American. See how far that will get you.

Those of you who support purchasing from China simply because "there are substandard products made in America, too", and "America underpays their workers, too", etc., are completely missing the point, not to mention using seriously flawed logic.

Likewise, those who condemn American consumers for desiring "cheap" products, instead of placing the blame for these toxic products and substandard practices squarely where it lies - with the Chinese manufacturers.

Come on, folks, this is a communist government we're dealing with. Rules? Regulations? Some OTHER country's laws? Are you kidding?

Are you aware that antifreeze can kill? And that they have repeatedly laced toothpaste with it? Are you THAT confident your children spit and rinse completely every morning?

They will continue to send us garbage as long as it makes them money. All of you with the warm fuzzies for our Asian neighbors - wake up! Their greed killed over 4,000 of our beloved cats and dogs, how much more will it take before the cost of doing business with them becomes unacceptable to you?

I would only buy amercian if I could but the government took my job and millions of others out to other places so I can not even work half the time because other americans can not pay me to do jobs for them becauce they dont have work to pay the bills because of losing there job thank you big corp and government

sk from boston you are an idiot

We need to bring back "American Made" products, we need to bring jobs back to America.  This should be a wake up call for everyone in America, it's time to say we've had enough.  It would be nice to see American businesses flourishing once again through products made HERE in America.  Mom and pop size stores and businesses need to be brought back to mainstream, NOT Wal-Mart and Mattel corporations where they make their rich CEOs richer and send the factory worker jobs to another country.  If more Americans had jobs and we had a middle class again, more people would be able to afford more products, more housing, more cars, and more lifestyle.  Boycott as much Chinese made "products" as we can and weed out these things so we can slowly bring back American made products and slowly bring back AMERICA, otherwise our children and their children will have NOTHING to look forward to in their future here.  We will have to send them overseas to go to school and look for jobs.

It's blogs like this that show how most Americans are Racists.  To label and bash an entire country, and not the individual supplier, or the irresponsibility of the American company, in this case Mattel, is accepted racism (magnet placement in the toys are responsbility of the American toy designers!!!).  Also, most of you have bought into the media hype, Americans are tired of 3500+troops killed in Iraq, so lets put the hate on another country to ease our minds.  How is this for a headline. "Cigarettes, Made in America, has killed 100 million people worldwide."  Hmmm...

Also, to those boycotting China products thinking it will bring jobs to America?  Companies will just go to Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam...etc.  The bottom line and stock price are all that matters to the CEO.  Protectionism like the early-mid 80's will bring nothing but more economic harm for us Americans.  
Btw, your blackberry, ipod, computer monitor, mouse, razr are all Made in China.  Maybe you should dispose of them, before you blame the entire country for your headache, radiation, eyestrain, and corpal tunnel syndrome.

Buy toys made in the United States by American Plastic Toys, Inc.  They have plants in Rose City, Michigan, Wall Lake, Michigan and Olive Branch, Mississippi.  Look for the APT on the boxes.

Dear Republicans,
  Isn't this what you and George Bush have been preaching for almost a decade now? A globalized economy and manufacturing industry is the best thing for everyone. Well the truth is now coming out. The unions you black balled and bad mouthed are now looking like the ones who had it right. The only people a globalized economy is good for, is the fat pigs on top, who don't care if our children play with lead filled toys. This replublican rain has brought us nothing but more and more problems like this one. Vote democratic next election and bring back our American manufacturing jobs as well as our childrens safety. This has gotten out of hand. We are allowing our politicians to send OUR jobs to countries that HATE us. Why would you want to buy Chinese toys or Japanese cars, when the very people who prosper from them HATE YOU. Think about it and have some pride in this country. The extra buck you spend can help save your neighbor's job and stop from helping anti-American Wong Jong Chong, from building his evil empire off your buck. This is YOUR America as well as your childrens'. You better start loving it and taking more pride in it, or your children will be peasant slaves to a Chinese slave-nation. You think they are going to care that your children can't hold a job and are eating out of a trash can?

It didn ’t take long for foreign companies to benefit from China’s problems with food safety. Supermarket chains from overseas may offer higher hygienic standards than local Chinese providers, as we read here, and Chinese consumers are starting to take advantage.
There would be a reason for people who outsourcing to China.While China will fight on the anti-dumping claims, it will also continue to review and revise its own trade structure to improve its trade balance (and international relations)
I belive that it's very hard for consumers to forswear Chinese imports because of the low price. There is no harm in the trade of China & US.On the contrary, the trade of the two countries can strengthen their mutual supplement with the advantages of each.
If some problems were found in trade, so the importance is to solves the problem, but not discontinue the trade, perhaps such desistance might causes more problems
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My wife and I are growing increasingly angrier over the problems we are having trying to find a phone system for our small at-home business. In the last year we have gone through several different brands of cordless/expandable speakerphone set-ups and have experienced poor speaker quality, garbled conversations and short life expectancy. We have gone through Radio Shack, GE, Motorola and Panasonic brands trying to remedy the problem.
 It wasn't until just recently that we looked to see that all these phones are now made in China. We have been trying to find out if any phones are made in the USA and are not having any luck.
 This past weekend we went shopping for a new crock-pot. Rival and Hamilton-Beach, the two most popular brands, you guessed it, Made in China. So I started looking around at other appliances, Black and Decker, made in China, Oster, made in China and on and on...
 I recently bought a shop-vac and went in the garage where I still had the box, HOORAYYY, finally something made in America. We were almost in shock.
 We only seem to hear about the products that are harmful such as the toys and pet food and tires, but it is becoming obvious that the overall quality of many products coming from China needs to be addressed.

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Many of the comments to the blog talk about American's wanting cheap products, and that what do we expect? Well, Has anyone ever bought a Thomas the Tank Engine train? They are around $15 a pop, not to mention the accompaning garages, track etc. They are NOT CHEAP, but dangerous. It is the companies that are making the huge profit, and corporate america and the governments RESPONSIBILITY to provide safe products to play with and EAT. Mattel has recently proven that their priorty is profit by apologizing to the Chinese and other companies have not paid close enought attention to their manufacturing process and suppliers, so it is left to our Government who can't seem to get anything right these days, to protect us. IN other words, we have to fend for ourselves, and start a grassroots movement if we want things to change.

Wake up corporate america,your customers are and we are angry,not only are you putting our children at risk,for the sake of saving a few dollars,you have,in alot of cases taken away our lively hoods and are now insulting our intelligence,continuing to put out your propaganda and even using labels to deceive us in to believing a product was produced in the USA(dah,I know the word distributed does not mean it was made here.Wise up,get back to basics and bring your manufacturing back to the U.S.,Where I know a worker here is going to care more about my child than A communist country whom does not have value for human life for their own,never mind my own.
Those small business owners whom are for chinese imports,what would your grandparents think,those who fought against communist regimes?Shame on you.

I remember when I was a kid and we made fun of cheap sub standard items as "Made in Japan". I tried to buy a package of wood screws to screw into soft cedar and the heads just broke off with very little pressure.  I looked at the package and yes, Made in China. And when did it become alright to just label products "Distributed By" and then an American Company, Not saying where the product was Made? This needs to be changed.  I like many others are looking to Buying American even if it costs a little more and avoiding the poisonous and economically damaging CHINA PRODUCTS.  As Eric Cartman from South Park would say "Screw you guys, I'm going home".

the only problem here is you america people jealous about the china's grownth, don't become a shit head if you still buy china products, america people!!

Why do you all complain about Chinese products being of poor quality and the Chinese stealing American jobs?  

All the Chinese peoples are on their OWN land.

There are, however, more than 12 million illegal immigrants in America, (mostly of Mexican origin) on AMERICAN SOIL, taking American jobs, yet no one seems angry when people walk onto American soil to get their jobs.  

Americans come to China.  China doesn't beg for help.  We serve the entire world.  If America doesn't make stuff in China, it will make it in Mexico, Indonesia, or Thailand.  

Americans need to work harder and study HARDER if they want decent, better-paying jobs.  

I say, don't go into manufacturing.  It's going away.  Don't depend on getting a middle-class job with a high school diploma.  The 21st century in America is different from the 20th century.  People progress.  Now, you need computer skills, communicational skills.  It's brains over brawn.  Anybody can be big, bulky, and surly if they work out.  But not everyone can think logically.

I'm a professor and I see the goofballs slacking off in class, then wanting a good grade when they receive a C, D, or F.  

Yet it's the Chinese-American and Mexican-American students that perform the best.  Yes, they are American.  They were born and raised here.  The amount of effort and time they put in is astonishing.  So it's no surprise that their economies are now booming.

Be careful who you criticize... sometimes, they simply don't deserve the blame.

Manufacturing in China is here to stay.

And I love buying "Made in China" or "Made in Mexico."  It helps their peoples.  And for you anti-immigrant foes, it keeps down immigration levels to our country.

  All I want know is, how 1 company in china can manufactor safe products and then the next uses lethal amounts of lead?! Instead of all the finger pointing we need to find out how to correct it. I've all the blogs and really didn't find any solutions to problem. "HOW CAN WHEN KEEP PRODUCTS SAFE."
  If it's a matter of polotics then we need to complain to our goverment and tell them they need to fixs this or we will get someone in office that will. Hold them accountable. If everyone would do this they would take notice because they don't want lose their job.
  If it's the manufactures that needs to fix it write them a letter and tell them we are not going buy your products untl you fix this problem. Hold them accountable. If everyone did this they would probable get worried especaily after sales start to fall.
  As for buying things made in China I am very leary about because of all the recalls and HIGH lead levels. That's sad to say because I'm sure there is still alot of safe products from there too. It's like the old saying "One bad apple spoils the whole bunch".
  We as consumers have take charge and not label all people as bad. What if the product had be made here by a corupt company would want others saying we are all bad? I wouldn't I would want to find ou who is responsable have make them take the blame and fix the problem. If something is wrong lets fix it and not gripe about because that won't do anyone any good.
  As for the inhuman treatment of the workers in China it is a shame and should feel bad for them, because we are treated alot better than them. We are the same we are all just trying to do the best to take care of our families. It's ashame some of the CEO's of companies don't realize this. If they did they wouldn't be having products made by companies in other countries that have cheap labors. A little more concern for others would benifit us all.

As a mother of two small children I am very worried about their futures given the constant onslaught of recalls with toys. Now, the latest includes a toy that contains the date rape drug. Hype? It doesn't sound like it according to CNN.com. I almost chose that toy for Christmas and beg anyone claiming racism to tell me which of their children they would be willing to sacrifice to prove their point. I am thoroughly fed up with American companies shipping their work overseas to line their pockets. I am willing to pay a few dollars more if it means we can skip the lead poisoning, poisoned food and dangerous drug additives. I am angry and will not be buying toys this year that are definitely made anywhere other than the good ol USA. No, we may not be perfect, but when was the last time we heard the level of recalls we are currently seeing from American Made toys? Employ Americans that care about Americans. Henry Ford had the right idea to pay a fair wage and in turn those people would be able to purchase his products. It worked then, it would work now. Wake up America! We are allowing other countries to run all over us and destroy our children. What happened to "Don't Tread on Me"?

I QUIT!  I have 6 & 8 yr olds, and I'm done giving second chances.  I don't believe that bringing toy manufacturing back to the States will result in our toys being completely not affordable.  That is BS.  My feeling is if you can ban lead paint from my walls (which my children have never licked or sucked on, by the way), then why is there an "acceptable amount" of lead when we're dealing with CHILDREN's Items?
I told my kids this morning after hearing of the Aquadots recall (a toy my 6 yr old has been bugging me for), there will NEVER be another toy purchase from a vending machine, and you can kiss all your made in China toys goodbye.  Thank G-d that I never gave in to the creepy Aqua-dots (how does water make plastic stick to itself anyway?).  
The only thing American companies understand is $$$.  That I think we all agree on.  I refuse to purchase another substandard made in China product.  My Dollar Tree trips be damned! I am well aware that this will limit my options because we are not wealthy, we barely get by, but I believe that if all parents begin to put our wallets down and only buy Made in USA kids stuff - change for the better will come.  Until then...Little Tikes & Fat Brain Toys, here we come!

There are many many options out there that are not made in China.  Check out www.buyamericaon.com for a list of some items.  It is by no means complete.  The problem as I see it is the need to buy more and more crap.  I looked at my kids rooms the other day and realized what I had done.  I took over half of their toys to good will....they never played with them, they just had too many.  This Christmas they are not getting a single thing that says made in China. I am striving for all of it to be made in the USA.  If a lot of people did that this year and continued it would send the message.

How is 'Made in China' such a problem now?
Probably because that piece of crap, nonsense toy you just bought your little prince or princess from Walmart (American made business - fully owned and operated) gave you the scare of your life!!!!
Americans have been buying these products for decades for one simple reason.  You love your American culture absolutely and blindly.  The last time I checked Elmo, Thomas the Tank Engine(euro-crap), Kirkland, Disney, blah, blah (insert warm and toasty feeling american product name here) wasn't chinese or indonesian yet they were made and born on their soil.
You really don't care where it is made, just that it embodies your countries virtues.   Hell, you'll even buy it when you don't even need it.
Funny how everyone can run to their closet and find that everything they own has a 'made in china' imprint somewhere on it.  Wasn't it there when you bought it? Did you do anything then. The 70's are too far back to remember I guess.
I don't like buying repeatedly defective, unsafe, and poorly made products either. That is why I will never buy an American Car again (4 new lemons in a row - all made in the US).  
The Thomas the Tank Engine scare/scam was a perfect example that people ARE very much willing to buy a ridiculously overpriced product (piece of wood - litteraly) based on cultural greed and not care about its origins (clearly written on the packaging).
I admit I once had a bunch of these truly worthless toys but thought that the British were capable of wittling wood for $30 a pop. I guessed wrong.
Americans would never go into a 'made in china mart' store to buy some foreign looking junk, from some foreign looking person.  You do however. Its called 'Walmart', 'Kmart' and 'Costco'.  The stuff just looks domestic.
I live in Canada and hear the same anti-asian reality all of the time.  Canadians love America and don't care where it is made either until it affects us personally one day.  Just keep the sale prices low and the lemmings will come.

My point is...  Stop whining and go right back to what you have clearly been doing the past 40-50 years. Buying and celebrating your 'foreign made' Culture out of pure pride and ignorance.

Blaming an entire country on the other side of the planet for already bad American labelled pet food and lousy American labelled toothpaste is like blaming McDonald's and KFX (in every Walmart - full circle) for your lousy health. Hope I didn't make you feel warm and toasty again.

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