Why It's Time to Boycott China

At least they used lead-free paint. I think..?

Right on, BL.
I stopped buying goods made in China a few weeks ago. Boycotting ingredients SOURCED from China will be a little more difficult!

Nice rant BL-however China Airlines is the government run airline of Taiwan(Republic of China) not China(People's Republic of China) so....

I know you're not the 1st victim of geo-political confusion. :)

wow. :)

type China Airline in google and check out the airline company.

how silly.

The China Air involved in this accident is Taiwanese owned and operated- that would be the Republic of China (aka Taiwan) and not the People's Republic of China.

So, your point was?

Perhaps your rant would have been more convinicing if you have done your homework and get the facts right: China Airlines is a Taiwan-based carrier, it is NOT from Mainland China. In fact, China Airlines is not even allowed to fly directly to Mainland China. Try to get the facts right next time.

Try to get the facts right next time before you rant: China Airlines is a Taiwan based carrier, not from Mainland China. In fact, China Airlines is not even allowed to fly directly to Mainland China. Here's a hint: do a google/yahoo search for China Airlines, it's not that hard.

Don't you REALLY think it wouldn't make some people (if not every one)'s life better from buying some made-in-china products? (Especially for those with very low income)

Thanks for your comment on my blogged response to this post. I really like your writings and agree with the concerns

Anyone has the right to boycott or ask for boycott, but is it wise? Is it working the way you want? I think it is rather stupid! China is rightly on our planet and it will eventually get to it place in our world it deserves ...

I love your blog, but I'm really disappointed with this post. And no, not for the Taiwan thing, which is almost misdirection because no one's commenting on your actual opinion here.

This issue is not about China. That's media spin, good ratings. The issue is about companies, AMERICAN companies who don't give two hoots about quality control. What, you don't think they can figure out what they're selling you? The 150x markup can definitely pay for some good testing, at the very least.

This is bad management, this is disrespect for the consumer, this is way beyond Dell Hell. If you can write 40 (greatly enjoyable) posts on Dell, you can at least write about the true issue here.

I'm disappointed because you're as guilty as the media and as the companies. "The buck stops in some foreign country, conveniently the foreign country everybody's wary of, the one which is stealing our jobs, the one our politicans like to politicize, the one which is so freaking far away no one will even look at us." Let's boycott them, keep everyone happy, while we keep selling them inferior, dangerous rot.

The sad part is, whatever problems China has, they'll figure it out - they'll fix it. The real problems that are HERE, will stay unmended - and worse, unnoticed. What's not scary is that these products are from China. What's scary is that NONE of these (OUR) companies care about their (OUR) products, or their consumers(that's right, US).

I can turn on any channel, flip through any newspaper, if I wanted to read a rant on China. But I know you can do better. Call out the companies, call out their PR people. Ask them where the buck stops.

The buck should screech to a halt here.

Dear MK: Ah, so you want me to change the world! Believe me, I'm trying. And when I am Queen, this will all be different. :>)
BL

Covering up the company logo on the aircraft with white or black paint after it crashed is standard procedure with every airline. So it's not a China thing.

How do you like this?

Mattel apologizes to China for toy recalls

BEIJING (Reuters) - The world's largest toy maker, Mattel Inc, apologized on Friday for damaging China's reputation after recent massive recalls of its Chinese-made toys, admitting it targeted some goods that were actually up to scratch.

Thomas Debrowski: ""But it's important for everyone to understand that the vast majority of those products that we recalled were the result of a design flaw in Mattel's design, not through a manufacturing flaw in Chinese manufacturers."

http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=businessNews&storyID=2007-09-21T113149Z_01_PEK103940_RTRIDST_0_BUSINESS-CHINA-SAFETY-MATTEL-COL.XML&archived=False

Schinkies! Of course there were design flaws. That's what I and a lot of other observers noted.

But WHY was Mattel not inspecting the plants? WHY was there ANY lead paint in ANY toys made by Mattel or any other company.

What a load of hooey!