Word: cheap
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...This is green imperialism.' NOR MOHAMED YAKCOP, Malaysia's Deputy Finance Minister, arguing that developed countries are hypocritical because they complain about China's greenhouse-gas emissions while taking advantage of the country's cheap labor...
...deadly pet food, lead-paint-tainted toy trains and shredding tires made in China. The U.S. imported 40% of its consumer goods from China last year. But there is no practical way to gauge, other than by reputation, whether a Chinese import is as safe as it is cheap. So should you worry more about the extension cords or the TV? Screen the kids' toys but not their shoes? Until China's capitalism develops its own set of rules and limits, is that our only option in a made-in-China world...
This kind of monitoring isn't cheap--just check the price on a pair of Nikes--and it isn't infallible. "No factory is perfect all the time," Marks says. If even a giant like Nike can't expect full compliance, what can consumers expect from smaller importers who can't afford full-time monitoring in China? Or from the discount stores that buy in bulk, sometimes without even a manufacturer's name on the products they sell? "Too many people don't have a clear understanding of what they are buying," says Benoit Rossignol, head of Shanghai-based Shiyao...
...This is green imperialism.' NOR MOHAMED YAKCOP, Malaysia's Deputy Finance Minister, arguing that developed countries are hypocritical in complaining about China's greenhouse-gas emissions while taking advantage of the country's cheap labor...
...innocent people are becoming victims of careless operations of NATO and international forces," he said. "We are thankful for [the international community's] help to Afghanistan, but that does not mean that Afghan lives have no value. Afghan life is not cheap and it should not be treated as such...