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The paranoid part of my brain says that this is either the most recent salvo in China's war on the US & western Capitalism or the US's most recent salvo in its economic/ideological war on China & Communism.

Ya know... I sucked on most of my toys throughout the less regulated 60's & most of the 70's. I seem to be ok.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go get my superfluous nipple pierced.

Exactly. Lots of paranoia, and all it really is is the bottom line. Which really is out to get you.

is china putting lead in mandarin oranges too? because some lady returned hers to Walgreens this week after she realized her mandarin oranges were made in china...call me silly but isn't that like complaining your Canadian whiskey is made in Canada?

Yeah, you do, because I aint Japanese, but yes, you have a point, Man of Steel

But , but, but, China has our most favored nation status. How could this be? They couldn't possibly be greedy mindless capitalists, setting profit ahead of children's safety, or could they? This would tend to show that they are not communists at all, Just good old fashioned capitalist robber barons. Isn't the free market system great? Whats a few dead babies. How many times are we going to allow China to consciencely poison our children before our state department, consumer protection agency, and commerce department[all have jurisdiction in this very thing] even makes a coment, let alone do anything. Shut'em off cold now.

FTR: They don't call it MFN anymore, not since 1998. Now it's called Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) or simply NTR. I think it had something to do with us distancing ourselves from China et al.'s human rights records. Just so ya know...

The chinese who make these brain melting toys can't afford them. They give their children rocks and sticks or tell them go to work at the shoe factory.

Um...while parental responsibility is always a good thing and should most definitely not be decried, does that preempt us from complaints about toys which metabolize into GHB upon ingestion? Give me a break, one does not exclude the other. We as Americans and global consumers for that matter have a right to be pissed that China is exporting toxic toys regardless of past practices (American or otherwise) and regardless of the fact that a box is marked 6-11 years old. This is sentiment is annoying at best, dangerous at worst.

Not to mention your post seems to miss the overall thrust of the OP (governmental corruption).

Yea but theres no such thing as American unless you count Native Americans who were just thefirst people to settle here. I believe he meant your location that is listed under your avatar.

what do you mean there is no such thing as American? Very strange statement.

My initial blase comment was prompted by the generalizations about Australians in the article. Skywisdom simply proved my point about Americans tendency to insularity.

I think that American does exist. Many of my favourite musicians, artists, writers, thinkers, collaborators and friends come from the U.S. and I find the history of the New World compelling in it's scope. I just find lame and vaguely insulting dismissals American writers sometimes use when referring to other lands occassionally warrant a sarcastic response.

Pfft. You can't wrestle a croc with a boomerang.

Everything I know about Australia was learned from watching The Crocodile Hunter and Crocodile Dundee. Which makes me an Aussie aficionado.

As for "China" producing anything....it's really Chinese COMPANIES and not China.

Generalizations do suck.

And the companies who import the products are responsible for knowing how these imported goods are made and what they contain.

Well, that's what happens when you have no sense of humor and take something completely absurd as real. Good luck with that, it seems to be working so far.

What if you're South American ?
They still exist in your world, or no ?