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  • December 30, 2007 at 4:03 am #5651
    Rob_Hugo@PortNW
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    There are some good articles on contemporary China in the recent Newsweek magazine. I was particularly intrigued with an article by Ms. Liu "Mao to Now", Newseek, Dec 31. She chronicles the cultural revolution to present from the perspective of a bureau journalist but more importantly, from the "sea turtles" in her family. This was a new term for me. The "sea turtles" are the Chinese who left at various times during the past 30 years and who go back and forth to China so they don't miss out on it's earth-shaking development. Ms. Liu's 7 year old brother was left with relatives in the late 1940s when the parents went to the US for university. The rest of the family was born and raised in the US. She was finally able to reconnect with her brother when China opened it's doors a little during the late 70's and her brother was 34. She really presents a panorama of the change over the past 30 years. Since Professor Dube has been involved with China during the same 30 years I would like to hear his comments and how his experience compared.

    Link to newsweek.com http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/beijing/archive/2007/12/27/newsweek-cover-story-mao-to-now.aspx

    January 4, 2008 at 9:21 am #33903
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    I really enjoyed the "From Mao to Now" Article, as well, though I think my favorite part of that series was the George H.W. Bush diary excerpts from the book "The China Diary of George H.W. Bush: The Making of a Global President." It chronicles Bush's time in China as a political liason between the US and and the People's Republic. He was apparently offered ambassadorships in either Paris or London, and chose instead to be posted in the newly created office in China. He talks abot everything from Kissinger's China Policies, to the secrecy with which Mao's location was kept by government officials, to his trip to archaeological sites, to dealing with the "no foreigners allowed" policies. Bush seems both amazed, awed, inspired, and confused by the people of China, their government, and policies.

    Here's the link to the article:

    http://www.newsweek.com/id/81591

    January 4, 2008 at 11:06 am #33904
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    Hi,

    I noticed that there are two responses to China being on the cover of Newsweek,on December 31st, and I would like to know if someone could help with some information about China having lead in American toys that they are making for American children. I heard that the toys had been recalled,so now what? I wonder if anyone has thought about all the other sets of toys that were created in China for American children. I haven't read the December 31st article but I would be interested in getting more information about what is happening in China along the line of both their economy and ours. How much are they effecting what is now happening in America?
    Will this lead to finding that Americans need to have a more watchful eye on what is being made for America and who is causing our economy to be as it is? How is it that American inspectors could allow the lead that was found make it into the country as it was allowed to come. [Edit by="sshorter on Jan 4, 7:12:00 PM"][/Edit]

    January 11, 2008 at 8:21 am #33905
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    Since there is plenty of press on how China is the bad guy on the lead paint issue I decided to go back to the Economist and search for an article from a non American view point. See the link below which goes back to September 2007 so may be a bit dated. The article states that Mattel actually apologized for being overzealous in its recall and that China, while having regulatory issues and different standards, expects US and other foreign manufacturers to regulate their own offshore manufacturing. The article provides some balance to the scare but reminds us that its the old trade off between quality and cost effectiveness.

    Chinese manufacturing
    Plenty of blame to go around

    Sep 27th 2007 | LONDON AND SHENZHEN
    From The Economist print edition

    Mattel tries to rescue its relationship with its Chinese suppliers

    http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9867908

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