Made in China

wondering

Dec. 21, 2006

I was in need of some kitchenware which were missing in my kitchen. So I went to a supermarket, bought two pots and a cutting board. When I unpacked them I found that they are all "made in China". This is not a coincidence. Whenever you buy something with good quality under reasonable price, you will find them "made in China". You just cannot avoid it. That's probably why Americans always feel threatened by China. If one day we stop supplying them...

老火靓汤

"made in China" seems has beening raised up to a dilemmatic controversy in the USA, dear wondering, i am wondering to know what is the mainstream in this controversy?

wondering

Post by 老火靓汤;568218
"made in China" seems has beening raised up to a dilemmatic controversy in the USA, dear wondering, i am wondering to know what is the mainstream in this controversy?

i didn't do much research on this issue and i don't know who represents mainstream, obviously not CNN  

i think average people are generally not against "made in china". what matters is the quality and price of the products. last month i had a talk with a law professor about the rising foreign exchange rate. he had some interesting opinion on this. he said the US government is crazy. they keep giving pressure to chinese government for raising the exchange rate. this doesn't stop the importation of chinese products but makes american people pay more for the "made in china" products in US market. his view is this is stupid, we are living on those "made in china"! of course, politicians will say something totally different.

老火靓汤

Post by wondering;568221
  politicians will say something totally different.

exactly, for average people, we can say PEOPLE MAKE THE DIFFERENCE!, nonetheless, for politicians, political benefit make the difference!

kdgong

If one day we stop to supply them the cheaper stuff, other countried will do it such as Vietnam, India.....
That is why US is that rich. before "made in China", they got these stuff from South of america like Argentina, Brazil....
US always choose the countries  to supply them where Labor force price is very cheap

长今

这里可以说中文吗？

刚来对这一点也是很感慨，买的电脑，相机全是MADE IN CHINA， 想退货，可来了很久的人说， 这很正常。以前在香港时买的全是日本货， 怎么远渡重洋，倒买的全是中国货， 有一点很不爽。。

现在在看到的STUFF ， 不是中国产就很奇怪了。

不知老美都去看嘛去了。什么也不会做？

wondering

Post by 长今;570477
这里可以说中文吗？

刚来对这一点也是很感慨，买的电脑，相机全是MADE IN CHINA， 想退货，可来了很久的人说， 这很正常。以前在香港时买的全是日本货， 怎么远渡重洋，倒买的全是中国货， 有一点很不爽。。

现在在看到的STUFF ， 不是中国产就很奇怪了。

不知老美都去看嘛去了。什么也不会做？

红包先

老美什么都会做，it's all about labor rate。这也是中国一直以来在国际市场公认的竞争力所在。不知是好事还是坏事。

老火靓汤

Post by wondering;570481
红包先

老美什么都会做，it's all about labor rate。这也是中国一直以来在国际市场公认的竞争力所在。不知是好事还是坏事。

such competitiveness might just was narrowed at the labor-intensive industry. labor-intensive transforms into technology-intensive is a must for the future China.

wondering

PS: Mar. 24, 2007

The latest Made-in-China I bought in the US, Lenovo Thinkpad T60:

- Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0G CPU
- 1.0GB RAM
- 120GB HDD
- Windows XP Professional