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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070720...products_21;_ylt=AiVuQEB9A2TgkrydnVPkt_X9xg8F
This article is a small measure of vindication for me, as i've been up against Chinese products in my mundane life -- Chinese products have encroached just about every market, including my own.
In their hunger to penetrate global markets, the majority of Chinese entrpreneurs boldly copy every carefully designed and manufactured product out there, then set up makeshift production facilities, hire unqualified labour and proceed to stamp out substandard 'clones'. This angers me as much as plagiarism in the writing world.
They peddle their wears at cut-throat prices, essentially ruining the market by encouraging buyers to drastically reduce budgets. Let's face it, it doesn't take much persuasion to woo a buyer into paying a quarter of the price!
These trends have been active now for many years, reaching global levels, and have resulted in a great number of bonafide manufacturers who refused to compromise on quality to go out of business.
The end loser is the consumer -- giant distributors, in an effort to save expenditures and raise profits, prefer to buy Chinese clones and pass them to their retailers, and finally the consumer, under the guise of equivalency in quality, potency and safety...
The real truth is that overall, products Made in China are manufactured, tested and approved without the benefit of strict and verifyable standards. To top this off, widespread corruption in China nearly guarantees non-compliance with safe manufacturing regulations.
What makes this problem even more alarming, is that many leading international brands have shifted their manufacturing facilities to China. The label doesn't always read 'Made in China', because products are then shipped to the US or Europe for packing and distribution... thus we as the consumer have no way of telling whether it's genuinely safe or not...
The least we can do, when making a buying decision, is ask the question: where was this made? By doing this, you have a greater chance to protect yourself, your family and pets, but also ensure that 'quality' does not become a standard of days gone by...
This article is a small measure of vindication for me, as i've been up against Chinese products in my mundane life -- Chinese products have encroached just about every market, including my own.
In their hunger to penetrate global markets, the majority of Chinese entrpreneurs boldly copy every carefully designed and manufactured product out there, then set up makeshift production facilities, hire unqualified labour and proceed to stamp out substandard 'clones'. This angers me as much as plagiarism in the writing world.
They peddle their wears at cut-throat prices, essentially ruining the market by encouraging buyers to drastically reduce budgets. Let's face it, it doesn't take much persuasion to woo a buyer into paying a quarter of the price!
These trends have been active now for many years, reaching global levels, and have resulted in a great number of bonafide manufacturers who refused to compromise on quality to go out of business.
The end loser is the consumer -- giant distributors, in an effort to save expenditures and raise profits, prefer to buy Chinese clones and pass them to their retailers, and finally the consumer, under the guise of equivalency in quality, potency and safety...
The real truth is that overall, products Made in China are manufactured, tested and approved without the benefit of strict and verifyable standards. To top this off, widespread corruption in China nearly guarantees non-compliance with safe manufacturing regulations.
What makes this problem even more alarming, is that many leading international brands have shifted their manufacturing facilities to China. The label doesn't always read 'Made in China', because products are then shipped to the US or Europe for packing and distribution... thus we as the consumer have no way of telling whether it's genuinely safe or not...
The least we can do, when making a buying decision, is ask the question: where was this made? By doing this, you have a greater chance to protect yourself, your family and pets, but also ensure that 'quality' does not become a standard of days gone by...