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I couldn't agree with you more rowantree...I did an article over at Associated Content about the idea of a massive boycotting of anything made in China....There's a great problem though here...just about EVERYTHING IS made in China....even the products that are made here in this country may have component parts made in China. IT would be really hard to track everything actually made in China....Could that be why there are so many problems and recalls with even cars?? Their parts are made in China And it wasn't too long ago I heard of a major tire company, supposedly here in America that recalled their tires cause they were actually made in China I'm with you though...how could we go about having major boycotts of anything made in China..who do we write to??

oh I fully agree with your toughts and those of LadyLuna! I am from Italy and we are being invaded from China products! They began with spreading in our market cheap products and now they wants to fully penetrate the market. They are well known for making the worst imitations of our products. They are selling in Europe and in Italy counterfeit products with Armani, Gucci or Valentino stylist trademark. Sometimes you must be careful to buy a genuine product, because you can find at high price a counterfeit product! They are selling here harmful or dangerous products, like those manifactured in China from Mattel! It's a bad trend that one...many big companies manifacturing products in China because of low price and than finish products in their home base, like in USA or ITALY. Laws here says that if you do in that way you can put the MADE IN USA or MADE IN ITALY brand and none will know where components has been made ;-((. Another bad thing to trick people in buying China products is this one: You must know that when we buy something, like a toy or an electronic product or other things, we have a "C E" brand on all products that means European Community and that underwrites that it's a secure product and we can trust it. Instead China products have a similar brand, "CE" with no space in it, that is the acronym for China Export! They are tricking buyers in thinking that we buy an European product, instead we buy a China product, maybe dangerous! We have only one weapon! BOYCOTT!! We can only be careful when buying products and trying to not buy those one from China! I like the quality of Italian's products. I trust those one from USA too...I hope that China will never do quality products like ours!

Hello Rowantree, I respect your commitment! Just the other day I was at a local store. Another shopper asked the store clerk if there was an alternative to a product that was manufactured in China. She followed her question with the explanation that she is not buying anything made in China, not until they get their act together. The product was Ginseng. Ginseng has been a staple in China for thousands of years. But now, their irrigation waters are so polluted, that the health benefits are lost to the toxicity. This isn't just my perception, it is verifiable fact. With the upcoming 2008 Olympics, China is working feverishly to try to band-aid fix some of the manufacturing problems & filth that has become so rampant. There have been quite a number of news stories about the efforts of the Chinese Government's efforts in this area. What you endeavor to achieve is not an easy task. But, it's not impossible either. The good news is that everything is labelled in the USA. That won't necessarilly mean that some raw materials won't be coming from China. I think that if enough people make the same commitment as you (especially if they let their wishes be known to retail chain management), then American's will be inclined to make a return to more of a manufacturing based economy. This will help the USA in a number of areas! Thanks to Craftcatcher for providing some links to "Made in the USA" goods. And to Sudiptacalling: there's a huge difference between China's efforts to become the world's manufacturer, and China manufacturing & exporting goods that are clearly sub-standard, and dangerous. It doesn't behoove China to kill those who purchase their products. This is simply irresponsible, and could produce no other result than what Rowantree suggests. If someone is making products that are toxic, then it would be foolhearty to continue buying from them. Sometimes it's wise to set aside our own perceptions to look at the facts. China clearly doesn't desire to kill their international economic base. Who would be left to purchase their products? Instead, they are trying to play 'catch-up', and are doing so with little or no regard to quality assurance. As for China's low regard for human life ... there are simply no excuses that can be made for it. Anyway Rowantree, I'm also outraged!

Rowantree, I couldn't agree with you more. And to the person who says those of us who are boycotting Chinese made toys, etc... We will still be able to find things that are not made in China. China is not the only nation that manufactures toys and other items. I don't understand why we (U.S.) import so much from China. Well, I realize that it has to do with money and cheap labor. I, for one, would pay more for U.S.A. made products. When I first got upset about the pet food contamination, many, many people told me that I was going overboard and being paranoid. Now that so many things are starting to show up, I know that my gut instinct was correct all along. I will check the "Made in..." labels on everything I buy. Maybe if a great number of people would boycott items made in China, our companies here would stop outsourcing all of the work over there.

Wow hon. I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels that way. It would do us all good to voice these thoughts to the powers that be. They can ignore one or two people, but could they ignore millions? But people are too complacent. They don't want to do anything, they get mad, but let it go. Keeping it alive as subject is a good idea though. I applaud you for speaking your mind. China is huge in religious persecution as well. They kill missionaries if they are caught. It really isn't safe to be anything but what they want a person to be.

Hi rowantree! I completely agree with you. My Daugther just had her 1st birthday in July and I had to return or throw away almost everything that I brought her for her birthday and some toys I purchased prior to her birthday. I am outraged in the massive recalls. I am now Christmas shopping and I am having such a hard time finding toys that are not made in China. Finding things made in America is rare these days. I say bring America's jobs back so that America can regulate safety of our toys more effectively.

I agree with you! I will go out of my way to not buy Chinese products. It is very difficult though. When you really start looking, they're everywhere, and it's often hard to find the origin of some products. The problem is, is that it's all about money. They're products are cheap, and I don't think Walmart shoppers will pay 50% more for a t-shirt that was made in North America. North America will not make a stand because again, it's because of money.

I am with you on this one. It's time we stand up and take a stand. These corporations have shipped the manufacturing jobs to China, and have not done enough to protect the American consumers. I for one I am making sure I don't buy any products made in China.

Here's some of sites I had bookmarked for American made goods. Lots of stuff available if we just take the time to look. I'm missing the bookmark for my favorite site that tell you the common things we've been buying for years that aren't made in the US and probably thought they were. Like Gillette razors... they're made in France. Gillette has always been a French based company. I had no idea until I found that site. If I find it again I'll post it for you. http://www.buydirectusa.com/ http://www.usstuff.com/ http://www.buyamericanmart.com/

Not everything that is made in China or comes from China is/are bad... Mattell and those other toy companies are partly to blame since they should have their own quality control people to check out the products before they go out in the market and considering the fact that most people are able to afford goods from China because labor is very cheap... if people would like to buy cheap products, then their workers should get cheap wages so that companies like Mattel would not resort to manufacturing their product in a country such as China....let us not judge lest we ourselves will be judge...

If you have Comcast on Demand- there is a special on there about WALMART- which ONLY buys chinese made products and sells them here in the USA. I have banned them after watching this special because they do not purchase American made and because they pay the lowest wages in the USA and most of thier employees are on public assitance- because they were sent there by Walmart- they tell thier workers that that is what the welfare system is for- use it. So not only do they not buy American- they also use our Welfare system as thier insurance policy- costing tax payers like me billions a year!

yes you have a point there. Australia banned toothpaste from china few days ago coz it was found to have poisonous chemicals. I have already started doing this. No packed,bottled,canned food and drinks which are made in china So far it has not changed in lifestyle. With toys and electronic items, almost 90% are made in china. If you want to get something made in USA its very rare. Even computer parts are being made in china now. some like western digital are made in singapore and malaysia. good news at least. it will take you countless of hours and resources to track down every single China related misdemeanor here. but do little every day. you will accomplish a lot . good luck

I will tell you that even China do not produce these products,other countrys who are similar to China will do the same.Some products can't be made in america,because the fee is too high. I do admit that something made in China are not well good.But every country has the same .Some big companies can produce the high quality product.So if you buy these product made in big companys,you will fell good.

You are not going to have any possessions because just about everything is made in china these days. You may be able to find a potato sack to hide your families nakedness when you burn your chinese made clothes. The only products made in america are the WMD's that you drop on Iraq to kill their civilians.

I would love if they went back to making all of our products here in the USA. Why should any other country worry about whether children or pets or even adults get sick and die from their junk products. **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~