Would you buy anything made in China?

[Doc]

Like a car???? Not I!

[Rudderless]

Certainly not food!!!

[Dust Devil]

I think flying is more dangerous then buying stuff from china

[grimey]

I'd buy a Buick there. Only there, but I'd buy one.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 01266.html

Those Buicks were better than any Buicks I'd ever driven or seen in the United States. They were solid and whisper-quiet. Fit and finish were impeccable. Interior craftsmanship -- the way materials blended with one another; the impressive attention to detail on the smallest items, such as the feel and weight of glove-compartment doors -- was awe-inspiring.

It made me angry. I became the unruly guest railing at my GM hosts for what I thought was a slap in the face to GM's home market. "Why do you guys give this kind of Buick to the Chinese while giving us crappy Buicks at home?" I asked.

I was in no mood for polite talk. Nor was I mollified by an answer from one of the Shanghai GM officials: "This is what the Chinese market expects from Buick," he said.

Say what?

[Lurch]

I bought my wife from there. No problems so far

[bmc]

One of my bass guitars is made in China. It's well made. Bass players are stunned when I tell them where it's made. Our TV is probably made in China. I'm pretty sure all the pairs of running shoes in the house are as well.

[2R]

What kind of warranty did you get with her Lurch ???

A friend warned me about mail order brides some of them used to be male !!!!

[LostinRotation]

Good luck not buying something made in China on a daily basis !


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[corporate joe]

Certainly not food!!!

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ ... /lifeMain/

"Made in Canada" simply means that 51 per cent of the production cost was incurred in Canada; the ingredients could come from anywhere, and increasingly they come from China. For example, manufacturers can import apple juice concentrate from China - for about one-fifth the cost of Canadian concentrate - add water to it in Canada, and mark it "Made in Canada."

"We eat food from China every day, we just don't know about it," says Dr. Keith Warriner, an assistant professor of food science at the University of Guelph.

PS: With the US weakening it's self as a whole in recent times (all to benefit a few individuals) and China climbing the ranks like it is doing now, there is a strong possibility that there will be a shift in empires ruling the world in the short to mid term. Start learning mandarin.

[niss]

Whos gonna teach thes 4 year old responsibilites if we dont support the factories they are chained to. Thats why unemployment his so high here, no forced labour.

Some of the highest quality stuff I have is made in China. They just use the cheap labour but its the companies integrity that keeps the quality control high.

Look at a company like Tatonka they are a german hiking/camping/military equip. company. The own the factory in Vietnam so they can benefit from only having to pay their employees with rice but can keep their product top notch.

[bmc]

I had a peon working for me when I lived in the Gulf. That's right, a peon. It was on the organization chart. I had to look it up in the dictionary. We often joked about it in Canada. It's defined as a person of low skill level.

Anyhow, Gulf Air paid this guy $600 a month. That's not much of a salary. But, his housing was provided and he sent his money home to his wife. By our standards, we were exploiting him. By his standards, he was doing better than his friends back home in Bangladesh. Who's yard stick should we apply?

For all the wrong with China, their manpower situation is severely challenged right now. With foreign investment approaching USD 1.0 billion a week, the skyline in major cities is littered with cranes. Unskilled workers are being hired by the dozens and their skill levels are rapidly being upgraded. It's a big problem. To compound this, there is a big influx of people into the cities from the countryside looking for work.

Big bad China? Sure. They'll get it together. The investment money is there. Industries will grow. Expertise will develop and workers will be plucked away by growing companies for their expertise. Just like what's happening in India. It fuels the economy.

China is the future. I read recently that 1% of China is considered extremely wealthy by Canadian standards. That's 15 million people....close to half the population of Canada. There is more wealth being created there than here.

There is still a widely held view that "Made in China" is crap. I very clearly remember when "Made in Japan" was crap. Cars rusted, fell apart, unreliable.

I'm a professional musician. I have gear made in Italy, USA, China, Sweden. The Chinese stuff is cheap. It's sold as cheap. It's branded as cheap, but it's been reliable for me.

Your mileage may vary.

[flyinphil]

I have had an Epiphone Masterbilt guitar for 2 years now and it has displaced my much more expensive Taylor as my favorite.

Made in China works for me in that regard.

Food products I do tend to avoid.

[corporate joe]

Food products I do tend to avoid.

You think you're avoiding. It's a lot harder than we think.

[GilletteNorth]

Better start practising your chinese, they're going to take over the world eventually.

[2R]

Not if Japan and India have any say in the matter .

After all it was the Japanese that suggested an Asian solution to an Asian problem in the thirties.