Made in China

I'm finding it rather funny that, whenever a recall happens that involves China, they scream and cry that it's us over here trying to make them look bad. Like it's us trying to start a trade war and make them look bad. Uhhh, even if that is true, these things are really happening. I mean, even if we are focusing more on these things - that they always happened and we're only pointing them out now for our own trade pressure - there are still lead products coming in.

I find it a bit astounding that no one is putting our officials' collective feet to the fire over how friggin long it took for them to do anything about it! Seriously, how long have we been getting stuff from China? Since Nixon?!! And only now, when we want to put pressure on China, do they play like they give a damn about us.

Sooo, while China is full of crap to whine about us noticing their corrupt and hazardous export issues, are we even more full of crap for waiting 30 years to point it out?


Test-drive a Nissan, win a lead-laced mug

TOKYO (Reuters) - Chinese merchandise took a fresh knock Friday when car maker Nissan said it was recalling tens of thousands of mugs it gave away in Japan because the paint contains excessive lead.

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