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They are extremely competitive in price, and their quality improves every year.Hello,everyone, I come from China and just want to know what do you think of Chinese Goods?
Toxic Chemical Detected in Toothpaste from ChinaThe safety of Chinese-made food and pharmaceutical products was questioned in Japan after people who had eaten Chinese diet foods in 2002 developed liver disorders.
According to the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, this is the fourth time the chemical has been detected in toothpaste from China.
A nationwide inspection of the food-production industry has uncovered the use of a wide range of illegal ingredients in the processing of foodstuffs, the top quality watchdog said Tuesday.
Industrial raw materials, such as dyes, mineral oils, paraffin wax, formaldehyde and the carcinogenic malachite green, have been used in the production of flour, candy, pickles, biscuits, black fungus, melon seeds, bean curd and seafood.
Walmart's products, as well as virtually every other store in the US, are 90% made in China. China is already in the car market and will be shipping their first vehicles to the US within a year or two and GM should have their Chinese factory up and running shortly. Nissan USA announced yesterday that they will be making more and more car parts in China and India to cut costs and increase profits. There goes even more jobs here in the US.UFSI said:Walmart here in the US sure seems to like them. I wonder when China will get into the automobile market
Mrjones said:I would say the raw material which chinese products are usually made are not good enough quality. especially when it comes to steel.
Not really true Mrjones as they have to keep the same standards as US and Japanese manufacturers if they are manufacturing for them. For example, if they are making products for Sony or Toyota or GM with their label the quality is usually the same as if it were manufactured in those countries. In the case of Chinese factories manufacturing their own goods for export, like tools or 100 en or $1 items for example, you may have a point as the quality is quite low.Nice Gaijin said:...but for all my concern, I probably buy products based on quality more than anything else.
That's because of the Japanese perception that everything made in China is garbage, but their name-brand TV's, DVR's, cameras, etc are more than likely made in China or Mayaysia or Indonesia. Do they know that? How many Japanese know that the bento (lunch boxes) sold on the Shinkansan train are manufactured daily in China and flown to Japan for sale to unsuspecting Japanese because it is still cheaper than to have them made in Japan?justinod said:i am a true market-economy guy! if china can make a cheap, good product then i will buy it. unfortunately, my wife's family (nihonjin) is pretty much against chinese products. dunno why.
I remember 40 years ago there was the same perception here in the US for goods manufactured in Japan. Granted Japan still made some of their own cheap products that were sold in bargain stores in the US similar to today's $1 stores or 100en shops. I remember my grandfather complaining about one bargain store called "John's Bargain Store" in New York. He called it, "Jap John's". However, the other name-brand products like electronics and automobiles and cameras were of the highest quality.Aerain said:I find them cheap... or not "very expensive" you know, I don't know why people think China goods aren't well made... Though I remember most of the stuff I have bought with the apposition "made in Taiwan" which didn't have a better reputation, almost ended up in the garbage because it broke down or something. But then again, its completely different...
In fact China will be the ONLY factory before too long and then China will own the world at the behest of greedy corporations looking to make more profit off the backs of middle-class workers. China is still a communist country. What will happen if China decides to nationalize all foreign corporations and factories? Granted, China will depend on exports for their survival and the world will depend on China for their survival, but it is still something to think about.窶「テッ龙ツ青ッ said:I'm sure...China will be the real strongest " world's factory" in the future..
True, and some of that toothpaste made it here to the US as well into the dollar stores with the name Colgate mispelled or made to look like it was Colgate. This is where you take your chances IMO. If you want to shop at dollar stores for your toothpaste and what have you, then you get what you pay for and you are rolling the dice. Your best bet will be stick with name brand products in the major stores and such as those products will be more than likely manufactured to strict standards of the named company.bakaKanadajin said:I fear the Chinese are cutting corners and counterfeiters are not just introducing bad product but actually putting people at risk. That's a big problem for me. I have no problem with their inexpensive goods so long as they continue to meet a certain standard. Free market should regin but not at the expense of health, abroad or domestic.
Quite true for the reasons I stated above. If it's name-brand than it is probably of excellent quality. If it's off brand and way cheaper, it's probably garbage and cheaply made.Mikawa Ossan said:Now I think that my original opinion is basically sound with the exception of anything that one imbibes or ingests.
Timeline: Farm-Raised Fish Imported from ChinaNow, however, with the booming economy and the competition of free market, I fear the Chinese are cutting corners and counterfeiters are not just introducing bad product but actually putting people at risk. That's a big problem for me.
Malachite green yet again.On June 28, 2007, FDA announced a broader import control of all farm-raised catfish, basa, shrimp, dace (related to carp), and eel from China until the shipments are proven to be free of contaminants.
Oww!! I can already feel the pain!!
Boy is it a small world D.B. My wife is an Assistant Manager of the Co-Operative store just down the road from where we live.My mother in law, only buys stuff from the Coop supermarket, because she knows they don't have vegies and stuff from China. She doesn't trust it at all...
My mother in law, only buys stuff from the Coop supermarket, because she knows they don't have vegies and stuff from China. She doesn't trust it at all...
Speaking for myself.... isn't everything made in China, or Taiwan?