More reasons to stop buying from China.

I heard the news about lead in kids' toys from China. How in the world did the toys contain lead? Well, its their problem. I even heard that the manufacturers of those toys were executed because of what happened. You are right. People should just buy products from their own countries.

It's nice ideas! Now I go to any big super market, plaza... All goods are made from CHINA, even famous brand or not. you can buy from cheap price to very expensive one. For example: For one T-Shirt make from China, it costs about $10. You can buy one. Comparasing to one shirt that made from Australia, it costs $70. Which one will you buy? You will buy 7 T-shirt from China or 1 T-shirt from Australia. We can't run of this. I just saw news in this morning, they talk about the quality of goods that make from China. China government now concern more about quality, they want to build their brand like Japan. I think they can make it in 10 years.

Here in the UK it is very rare to be able to buy items which are not from our own country. So much now is imported and so many of our businesses, factories, call centres etc are shipped abroad because it is much cheaper to manufacture goods and pay staff, so in most items we do not have much choice. But I hear where you are coming from on this one.

Hi Bonbon, It is very difficult to find anything made in Canada or the US. I have walked my feet sore to find toys and children's clothes made in Canada. Last week I was in a specialty children's store in the Dixie mall. All the clothes looked adorable. I asked the owner to direct me to any outfits she had that were not made in China. She became very annoyed with me and told me all the children's clothes were now made in China. It is the same with toys and other baby items. When I was looking for a teething ring for my new grand daughter I went from store to store - all the plastic items are made in China. At Sears I spoke to the manager of the baby department. He told me all teething rings they had were made in China. Even all the Lamaze toys which I used to love to give for gifts. Eventually I found a teething toy made in France from natural rubber. It was $38. I bought it anyway but a teething ring made in China cost $5.99. Now I am trying to buy toys for children in my family. I found "Ideal Blox". Those are made in Quebec but the choice of toys made in North America is very thin. As for clothes there are some boutiques on Queen Street in Toronto that sell Canadian made children's wear but you pay three times as much as the others. I think we in the West are to blame for a lot of it. We always want good prices. Workers in China get 50 cents per hour and the big companies have their stuff made there but fail us by not providing the appropriate quality controls. So here I go again on the hunt for elusive products and outfits.

I agreei have wondered for years why we continue to import things from there,when we can get better quality right here in our own home country.

It used to be a common joke that everything was made in Japan, nowadays it seems that everything but everything is made is China, yet the quality of items from China isn't exactly stellar. Unfortunately we've almost gotten "stuck" in buying these items, whatever it is, exactly because they are made so cheaply. To give a bizzarre example and one that has me on a rampage...I'm part Native American...years and years ago, it infuriated me no end that in different stores they would sell those famous "dreamcatcher" that are so popular even now...and guess where they were made..yup, China...it infuriated me as dreamcatcher and a lot of other Native American items shouldn't be made by a foreign culture--yet people do buy them...So that's when I started making my own for sale (among other Native American styled goods)...yet..and get this...I have trouble selling my own since I do charge more--but at least they are made by a person with Native American blood---wouldn't YOU rather buy a Native American item made by a Native American rather than someone from China?? And I agree about the human rights atrocities that China has conducted against its own people. I was briefly reading rinaaus comment...he/she doesn't seem to remember the massacre of tiananmen square--and did you know that most of the goods made in China are made not only by the political prisoners from that time but all the prisoners?