2/3 would support for boycotting Chinese goods

[goldissima]

how smart, now that are the consumers who are encouraging the USD's chinese dumping - GENIUS :D:sarc:

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Americans extremely wary of China goods: poll (2/3 s for boycotting Chinese goods)


U.S. consumers are extremely wary of products made in China in the wake of a series of safety scandals, with nearly two-thirds saying they would support a boycott of Chinese goods, a poll showed on Tuesday.

Asked by pollster Zogby International whether they were concerned about buying Chinese products, 82 percent of respondents said yes and only 30 percent said they believed food imports from China were safe.

"The recent warnings and recalls about toxic toothpaste, tainted pet food, contaminated seafood and lead paint-laced toys from China haven't gone unnoticed by American consumers," Zogby said in a statement.

A range of Chinese exports, from fish and toys to pet food and toothpaste, have been found to be mislabeled, unsafe or dangerously contaminated, tainting the "made in China" brand and creating an international backlash.

In the latest scare, revealed after the poll was conducted, Mattel Inc. said last week it was recalling 1.5 million Chinese-made toys globally because their paint could contain too much lead.

The poll, conducted on 4,508 adults from July 17-19, found that 63 percent of people would be likely to take part in a boycott of Chinese goods until the country toughens safety standards.

Just under 70 percent of respondents said they were confident in non-food products from China. But 51 percent said they were unconvinced that China would make good on its pledge to tighten regulations on its food processors.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070808/ts_nm/usa_china_poll_dc_2

[Kahlil Gibran]

Poll conducted outside a Wal-Mart?

[MAGNES]

[MAGNES]

I support a boycott. I try my best personally. I try only to buy from Western Countries.
But that is impossible to do effectively.

I ran into this stuff 2 weeks ago,
what they do to dogs and cats,
links are from a boycott thread on another forum,

Boycott China, Olympics and Commies.

WARNING, extreme blood and gore

Boycott Red China (http://www.byteland.org/boycottchina/index.html)

If you are easily upset please do not go.

It is not just food, but fur products that make it to
Western Countries, sickening, they have already been banned in some places,
many of you may recognize the products, they still get in, labeled as fake fur
or the fur of other animals killed humanely.

What is shocking is the torture, skinning alive,
even for me this is news, I knew Koreans beat dogs
alive to tenderize them, and that there was no
empathy towards cats and dogs.

I come from a family of farmers, killing an animal for food is not alien to me, even my grandfather would think these peeps are sick, he never ate bought meat, short of fish or eating out, in his entire life, he was a farmer in Greece. We respect animals, we hunt, we believe they are a gift from god, given to us for our survival, meat is not a staple in Greece, meat is mostly for family events and holidays, chickens more regularly, not red meat.


















WARNING

Watch your comments please, not that anyone needs that advice,
I thought hard about posting this.

some links from above I bookmarked

from Chinese Newspaper
Tortured cats won't make you more virile -- Shanghai Daily | 上海日报 -- English Window to China News (http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200707/20070725/article_324601.htm)

GETS WORSE
The Dogs and Cats killed in China (http://www.voice4dogs.org/tsinc.htm)

Image Gallery: China Dog Eating Pictures (http://www.atourhands.com/dogchina.html)

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[DogFarm]

I never buy anything from Walmart except ammo.

Yeah sure, the 2/3 of the population will boycott, but the other 1/3 who consume 99% of that plastic crap at walmart will keep buying.

[Weatherman]

The headline for this story is almost right. It should have read:

2 or 3 would support boycotting MalWart
:rant: :banghead:

[skirnir]

If one can't find a replacement for a Chinese product, make do like many did in the days of the Anti-Importation Associations. This could be leverage to bring back domestic manufacturing capacity...

[GoldWampum]

Do people really believe that walmart is the only avenue for chinese goods? Better check some more stores folks. Wally is a big one, but not nearly the only one.

[Murphy's Law]

It's all just a conspiricy to stiff the Chinese with the tab we ran up with them.:D

[GoldWampum]

It's all just a conspiricy to stiff the Chinese with the tab we ran up with them.:D

The old Dick Cheney before he dicks you bit.:tongue_ma:

[Baphomet Jones]

How about this, for every one chinese item you don't buy, I'll buy 5. Then when we're done using futile peasant rebellion tactics, we can discuss something that will actually make a difference.

[Murphy's Law]

How about this, for every one chinese item you don't buy, I'll buy 5. Then when we're done using futile peasant rebellion tactics, we can discuss something that will actually make a difference.

US boycott China! They are about to boycott US!:banghead:

[Kahlil Gibran]

31554

They probably make these stickers in China too now...

:sleepy13:

[Blorp]

A coworker and I used to joke about making flag burning kits, to be marketed for sale in the middle east. They would have to have a gallon of gas, only be paid for in US dollars, and have a US flag that was made in China. Our customer service group/ phone bank would be in India.

Funny stuff. At least to me.

Blorp

[From_India]

Do people really believe that walmart is the only avenue for chinese goods? Better check some more stores folks. Wally is a big one, but not nearly the only one.

Goto NASA, Houston
even in their store all those NASA souvenirs are "Made in China".

those 2/3 people,
they will tell easily "buy american" (americans are great patriots)
they can't live,
may be people living in rural areas can live,
not majority of the population.

also nobody can afford the doubling of monthly expense
by buying american product.

american manufacturing industry is moved out of american soil
from the 70s. (its not new)
if people in the 70's are not able to do anything
on that in their time,
how it is possible now with this generation.

buy a "buy American" bumper sticker which is made in china
and enjoy your drive.

thats all americans can do now.

[jman]

Without chinese goods ... who would supply the protest signs ! ... Seriously tho ..I am in the US military .. and my fraggin combat boots are made in China. Beyond rediculous !

[TaxHaven]

This whole media-driven frenzy over Chinese-made products has gotten a little silly. Now back to reality TV. Enough peasant hillbilly rebellion tactics. If you insist on buying American-made goods, you will face two or three problems:

a)Do you really want to pay two or three times the price for every simple everyday item you purchase? Probably even your computer? Your clothes? Might crimp your standard of living a little...

b)Paper clips. Coathangers. Staples. Pocket calculators. TVs. Post-it notes. Pencils. Does anyone in America actually make these things anymore? Ask yourselves why not.

c)Oh, you say, we can produce these things at home! Well, then, who is going to pay someone $15 or $20 an hour to make your paper clips? And who overseas is going to pay American prices for American-made products, made by "workers" who earn such outrageous wages? American-made clothing and paper clips might crimp your standard of living a little...


Wal-Mart is a godsend for the working classes of this country. Without it, and stores like it, you'd be paying a hell of a lot more for everyday things. Wal-Mart is the face of the federal administration's doctored CPI figures: China helps to maintain Americans' high standards of living - but at a price.

Solution: LOWER standards of living & less credit...get ready for them because they ARE coming...:D

[ajrocks]

I keep reading about the problems with China's stuff. They just shipped a ton of seafood the FDA put on warning and are only checking about every fourth container.

Anyways. I goto Target, try not to goto Wally world. But Wally world carries some stuff I can't get anywhere, (work related) astro brights 65lb post card paper - Office max carries it, but they closed most of their stores)
Anyways, lots of Targets stuff is from China.

I'm weary about the pet food and, well any food, from china, not sure if it's cause they just do things a certain way, but who knows maybe they are doing the stuff on purpose...(ooo the american swine, we will get them!)

It's hard to get beyond china's stuff.

[shades2]

I won't eat any Chinese grown food if I can possibly avoid it, until they clean up their act, and that could be a long way off. That definately includes confectionery too.

I try and eat locally grown, fresh food wherever possible, and I make no apologies for it. I won't eat stuff that might be downright dangerous, because no-one has bothered to check, or no standards are adhered to.

China is of course is not the only country to be wary of. I think Thai/Viet quality is better, and less polluted environments from the chemical point of view, but I really don't know much about the practices in Thailand regarding food, there could be similar problems, and I prefer to err on the side of caution.

The idea of eating food such as vegetables that have been sitting on a ship for 3 weeks just doesn't appeal either, I don't care where it comes from.

[Kaiser]

July 31 (Bloomberg) -- Stop for a minute to look at the stuff on your desk. Chances are that much of it came from China.
Your PC and flat screen? Mine are Chinese. Ditto my keyboard and mouse. Though my Mark Rothko desk diary was printed in India, my rustic leather pencil cup is pure Sino.
So imagine the odds against Sara Bongiorni and her family when they embarked on a yearlong boycott of Chinese goods. ``We had no idea what we were up against,'' she writes in ``A Year Without `Made in China,''' a wry look at the ingenuity it takes to shun the planet's fastest-growing economy.
Bongiorni, a business writer in Louisiana, holds no grudge against Chinese people. She just observes that Chinese competition -- abetted by low wages, government subsidies and an artificially low currency -- is decimating U.S. jobs and limiting her options as a consumer.
``China is the world's largest producer of televisions, DVD players, cell phones, shoes, clothing, lamps and sports equipment,'' she writes. ``It makes 95 percent of all the video games and holiday decorations imported into the United States and nearly 100 percent of the dolls and stuffed animals sold here.''
Her oddball quest begins two days after Christmas in 2004, when she realizes China is taking over the house: ``China emits a blue glow from the DVD player and glitters in the lights and glass balls on the drooping spruce,'' she writes. China washes up in the shoes by the door, the lamp on the piano, the dog's chew toy and the yuletide gifts.
Starlet at Target
While their small children slumber upstairs, she cuts a deal with her reluctant husband. They can keep the Chinese stuff they already own. Come Jan. 1, though, they won't buy anything labeled ``Made in China'' for a year.
Self-deprecating and overweening by turns, Bongiorni banters away in a voice that's part Erma Bombeck, part Hints from Heloise as she recounts her triumphs and setbacks at the Target Corp. discount store. ``On the inside, I am as insufferable as a starlet,'' she admits after acquaintances praise her pluck.
Month by month, she recalls the agony of denying her son a Chinese light sword, the ordeal of finding non-Chinese sneakers, the mortification of returning a $1 Chinese toothbrush bought by mistake, and the smugness of catching her husband (a.k.a. ``the Weakest Link'') sneaking Chinese paintbrushes into the house.
She isn't above cheating. She doesn't try to weed out goods with Chinese components, for example, unless they're listed on a box or label. When her printer cartridge runs dry, she avoids buying a Chinese replacement by making printouts at the office.
Gift Loophole
A loophole in their boycott also lets them accept Chinese- made gifts. When her husband, a university professor, loses his sunglasses, his department secretary buys him two Chinese pairs. Bongiorni exploits this dodge as summer approaches and her husband decides their son needs an inflatable Chinese pool: She gets her sister-in-law to buy it as a present.
The point of this book, oddly enough, isn't whether the boycott succeeds (though that question keeps the pages turning). The point is to show how dependent the West is on cheap goods from the world's most populous nation -- and to suggest that there are other options.
Now where can I get some Hungarian dim sum?
``A Year Without `Made in China': One Family's True Life Adventure in the Global Economy'' is from Wiley (235 pages, $24.95, 15.99 pounds).
(James Pressley writes for Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are his own.)
To contact the writer of this review: James Pressley in Brussels at jpressley@bloomberg.net .

[Jack London]

2/3 have no idea how much of what they use every day are Chinese. IMO