Recently, we have started to hear one disturbing story after another coming out of China:
Poisonous pet food;
Toxic toothpaste;
Dangerous toys, and so on.
All of a sudden, we started to notice that one of our largest trading partners was not living up to the standard we demand. But in fact, China’s sloppy business practice has been noticed by many businessmen all over the world who have dealt with them over the years. Only recently, however -- when their products started to kill us (and especially our pets!) -- have we started to pay attention.
China's a big deal. Between these problems, their enormous population, their increasing military spending, and their support of Iran and North Korea, they may not be a global superpower, but we need to be careful. (I guess I'd label them a regional superpower.) As Sachi says, they're a major trading partner, so Sino-American relationships are... Complex. And I didn't mention Taiwan, which squares that complexity.
Read the whole post-- China's got a a lot of enviomental problems that it doesn't need to have. I wish the American Left would try to help clean China up as much as it tries to clean up America, but for some reason, The People's Republic gets a pass. It shouldn't.
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