Entries from Truth About China tagged with 'mass production'
Strikes Spread in China
By Radio Free AsiaJune 09, 2010 Does labor action signal the end of the low-wage era? A series of high-profile labor disputes likely signals the end of low-cost manufacturing in China, as workers walk out at three Honda plants in...
China's Dwindling Resource
By Philip Bowring (International Herald Tribune Op-Ed Contributor) | The New York TimesJune 03, 2010 A strike at Honda's plant at Foshan in southern China. Suicides and labor unrest at the giant Foxconn factory not far away in Shenzhen. Everywhere in...
Rift Grows as U.S. and China Seek Differing Goals
By Edward Wong | The New York TimesFebruary 20, 2010 When President Obama met with the Dalai Lama in the White House on Thursday, he was following a tradition that all recent American presidents had dutifully honored. Yet, to some...
AP: Feds probe cadmium in kids' jewelry from China
By Associated Press - Justin Pritchard | via UNCENSORED Yahoo! NewsJanuary 11, 2009 Moving swiftly, U.S. product safety authorities say they are launching an investigation into the presence of the toxic metal cadmium in children's jewelry imported from China after...
Car Seat Recall: Car Seat Models for Safety 1st, Cosco, Eddie Bauer, Disney are recalled
By Christine Simmons | The Huffington PostDecember 20, 2009 A baby product manufacturer recalled on Friday about 447,000 of its infant car seat carriers, including some branded with Eddie Bauer and Disney logos, after dozens of reports of the carrier's...
Despite Law, Job Conditions Worsen in China
By David Barboza | The New York Times June 23, 2009 Liu Pan, a 17-year-old factory worker, was crushed to death last April when the machine he was operating malfunctioned. Somehow Mr. Liu became stuck in the machine, his sister...
The Price of Cheap: When China's Products Fail, Americans Suffer
By Jessica L. Weinstein | FOX newsMay 28, 2009 Even if an American company goes to court and beats a Chinese manufacturer for providing faulty products, it's virtually impossible to get the overseas company to make good on its legal...
U.S. manufacturers, retailers see more China risk
By Nick Zieminski | REUTERS | via UNCENSORED Yahoo! NewsMay 21, 2009 U.S. manufacturers and retailers that get products or components from China are increasingly concerned about quality, intellectual property and rising costs in China, and more are looking at...
Chinese drywall poses potential risks
AP IMPACT - via UNCENSORED Yahoo! NewsBy Brian Skoloff and Cain Burdeau, Associated Press Writerswith contribution by Joe McDonald, AP Writer in Beijing April 11, 2009 At the height of the U.S. housing boom, when building materials were in short...
China's love of cigarettes thwarts pledge of smoke-free Olympics
By Andrew Jacobs - International Herald Tribune July 23, 2008 BEIJING: A smartly dressed man carried a lighted cigarette into the elevator of an upscale apartment building one recent morning, and something remarkable happened. A fellow passenger, a middle-aged matron...
For some, 'Made in China' doesn't fit
By Sylvia Westall - REUTERS | International Herald Tribune July 14, 2008 GIENGEN AN DER BRENZ, Germany: Wafts of golden fluff whirl in the air as Irene Basan wedges a bundle of material onto a spike and gently turns it...
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