Comments on: Japanese Thoughts on Chinese Products http://www.alafista.com/2008/01/31/japanese-thoughts-on-chinese-products/ Embracing Japanese POP Culture Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:42:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hinano http://www.alafista.com/2008/01/31/japanese-thoughts-on-chinese-products/comment-page-1/#comment-1854 Hinano Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:52:02 +0000 http://www.alafista.com/2008/01/31/japanese-thoughts-on-chinese-products/#comment-1854 China's getting bad press from USA too after that lead poisoning in the toys incident that happened around the holidays. Their "booming economy" is about to get a slap in the face=P China’s getting bad press from USA too after that lead poisoning in the toys incident that happened around the holidays. Their “booming economy” is about to get a slap in the face=P

]]> By: hashihime http://www.alafista.com/2008/01/31/japanese-thoughts-on-chinese-products/comment-page-1/#comment-1848 hashihime Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:43:25 +0000 http://www.alafista.com/2008/01/31/japanese-thoughts-on-chinese-products/#comment-1848 It's perfectly reasonable to doubt Chinese safety standards, since they are often either low or not enforced. However, it is too bad that this plays into the Japanese prejudice against China as backward and disorderly, which is strong enough already. Fortunately, the safety problems that have turned up both in Japan and in North America appear to be a bit of a wake-up call to Chinese authorities, who are now trying to figure out how to enforce standards. Not an easy task in a vast, constantly-moving country full of energetic nascent capitalists. Of course, the foreign companies who either have set up factories in China or who buy from Chinese suppliers also have a responsibility in all this: they have to figure out how to enforce standards, too. It’s perfectly reasonable to doubt Chinese safety standards, since they are often either low or not enforced. However, it is too bad that this plays into the Japanese prejudice against China as backward and disorderly, which is strong enough already.

Fortunately, the safety problems that have turned up both in Japan and in North America appear to be a bit of a wake-up call to Chinese authorities, who are now trying to figure out how to enforce standards. Not an easy task in a vast, constantly-moving country full of energetic nascent capitalists.

Of course, the foreign companies who either have set up factories in China or who buy from Chinese suppliers also have a responsibility in all this: they have to figure out how to enforce standards, too.

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