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The above is a link to a Wall Street Journal article about China's response to safety issues with its products.
1. With about a fifth of it's net export monies coming from the U.S. China definitely is concerned with protecting its image, as a consumer does the label "Made in China" have any influence over your purchasing decisions?
2. With actions like this: (from the Wall Street Journal)
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But as the crisis has mounted, China has increasingly acknowledged that its regulatory problems are systemic. The head of China's food-and-drug administration, imprisoned for taking bribes that lead to faulty medicines, was sentenced to death. Day after day, China's officials began to come out with pledges to overhaul its food-safety system.
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Are you at all considering checking the labels of products from now on?
Personally, I do tend to buy products made in china, in fact, there are at least 30 in the room I'm sitting in as I type right now. Good or bad, China has permeated my family.
Whether or not something is "Made in China" has no influence on my purchases now though, I look for value and cost, and try to get the most value for the least cost, many times that means a Chinese product.
07-02-2007, 01:27 AM
Safety Concerns with Chinese Goods
