Toxic Chinese Chairs Plague France
PARIS — After tainted baby milk, now toxic chairs from China. Customers in France who bought Chinese-made recliners are complaining of stinging...
China Products
Page:
1
Is America Made in China?
John W. Whitehead | Posted 08.13.2008 | Business
If China has anyone to thank for its economic ascendancy, it's American corporations like Wal-Mart and American consumers like you and me.
Our Enduring Competitive Edge
Jeremy Haft | Posted 07.07.2008 | Business
Read More:
Recalls,
Competitiveness,
Trade,
Supply Chain,
Heparin Recall,
US Exports,
China,
Chinese Imports,
Chinese Consumers,
China Products,
China Economy,
U.S. China Economy,
Business News
The rash of product recalls reveals that China is not the manufacturing juggernaut we fear -- and that America has an edge we tend to overlook.
Exclusive: 51% Of Americans Believe IOC Was Wrong to Award Olympics to China
David Weiner | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics
Read More:
Gordon Brown,
China Products,
Beijing Pollution,
Polls,
Kevin Rudd,
Justine Henin,
China,
China and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games,
Olympics,
Olympics Boycott,
Politics News
According to a new poll, American public opinion about the Olympic Games, China, and the perceived actions of the host country has changed very little since the Sichuan earthquake.
China Gains Tech Trophy; Wake-up Call to the West
Rebecca Fannin | Posted 06.16.2008 | Business
Read More:
China Products,
New Technology,
Inventions,
Information Technology,
Technology,
China Economy,
China,
Silicon Valley,
Business News
Once it was Japan that threatened to be the major technological rival to the U.S. Now that trophy goes to China and its rapid climb from a low-cost producer to a high-tech inventive nation.
China Labs
Rebecca Fannin | Posted 05.28.2008 | Business
Read More:
Iphone,
China Products,
Inventions,
iPhone China,
Technology,
China Economy,
China,
Business News
China is becoming a lab for the world; by 2009, China's position will rise to 4th globally for new patent applications, right after the US, Japan and Germany.
It's Time for Obama and Clinton to Step up to the Plate on China
Scott Paul | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics
Read More:
Chinese Trade Deficit,
China Tibet Crackdown,
John McCain,
Obama China,
John Edwards China,
Hillary Clinton China,
Indiana,
US China,
Tibet,
Barack Obama,
China Products,
US China Relations,
Great Firewall,
Pennsylvania,
Trade Deficit,
Chinese Goods,
Trade,
Tibet Protests,
North Carolina Primary,
McCain China,
Pennsylvania Primary,
John Edwards,
China Exports,
Hillary Clinton,
China Tibet,
China Economy,
China,
Indiana Primary,
North Carolina,
Politics News
The recent crackdown in Tibet shows just how wrong those pundits and politicians really are who claimed that trade will open China.
Chinese Godzillas? The Phantom Threat of PRC Brands
Tom Doctoroff | Posted 03.23.2008 | Business
Read More:
China Products,
Chinese Economy,
China Exports,
China,
Olympics,
China Economy,
Beijing Olympics,
Business News
Just when we hoped we might be able to navigate through the operational shoals of the market, along comes a new terror: The Chinese Brand.
Who will Stand up for Ohio by Standing up to China?
Scott Paul | Posted 02.29.2008 | Politics
Read More:
China Products,
Free Trade Agreements,
Obama NAFTA,
Trade,
Nafta,
Free Trade,
China Exports,
Hillary NAFTA,
China Economy,
China,
Politics News
Congress and the administration have the power to stop China's cheating and unfair trade practices, but so far, they have sat on their hands. What would a President Obama or a President Clinton do?
Glitz and Glam and Hard Realities in Motor City
Lee Hudson Teslik | Posted 01.23.2008 | Business
Read More:
China Products,
BYD Auto,
Chinese Auto Industry,
Chery,
Chamco,
Dongfeng,
General Motors,
United Auto Workers,
Honda,
Daimler,
Protectionism,
Loren Brandt,
Ford Motor Co,
Geely,
Changfeng,
Business News
U.S. protectionist rhetoric toward China not only clouds perceptions of the threat posed by Chinese automakers--it also loses sight of the potential gains U.S. manufacturers could draw through partnerships with the country.
The Polar Express Terminates in Beijing Now
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 12.21.2007 | Business
Read More:
Holiday Shopping,
Holiday Season,
China Air Quality,
Chinese Yuan,
Free Trade,
China Toys,
Buy American,
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission,
China Products,
Chinese Air Pollution,
American Toys,
American Products,
China Pollution,
Chinese Exports,
China,
Fair Trade,
Business News
If Santa now resides in a communist country of 1.3 billion where his elves may construct toys in sweatshop conditions no American worker would tolerate, does that somehow make him less jolly?
China Blasts Obama Over Call For Chinese Toy Ban
CNN | Emily Sherman | Posted 12.21.2007 | Business
Read More:
Lead Paint Toys,
China Products,
Chinese Officials,
China Toys,
Toxic Toys,
Barack Obama,
Business News
Angry Chinese officials are taking aim at Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama over his statement that he would "stop the import of all toys...
China Agrees To Safety Plan For Food, Drugs
AP | Christopher Bodeen | Posted 12.11.2007 | Business
Read More:
China Products,
Intellectual Property,
Food Safeguards,
Chinese Recalls,
U.S. China Relations,
Drug Exports,
Recalls,
China Exports,
Chinese Markets,
Business News
The United States and China sparred over intellectual property protections and signed agreements on safeguarding the quality of food and drugs exports...
Brands in China: Incremental Progress in 2007
Tom Doctoroff | Posted 12.10.2007 | Business
Read More:
China Products,
China Middle Class,
Deng Xiaoping’s Special Economic Zones,
US China,
Millionaire Fair,
China Mobile,
China Market,
China Brands,
China Toys,
China Goods,
China Economy,
China,
Business News
Throughout China, the contrast between Confucian-style wealth redistribution and growing consumption is becoming more and more striking.
Drove My Chery To The Levee But The Levee Was Dry?
Scott Paul | Posted 12.05.2007 | Business
Read More:
China Products,
Big Business,
Chrysler,
China Air Quality,
Global Currency,
Economy,
Chinese Auto Exports,
Chinese Exports,
Free Trade,
Auto Industry,
Business News
This is a case study in how China's cheating, and Washington's own failure to stop it, threaten to sink an entire sector of our economy.
A Cost of Doing Business
Robert L. Borosage | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics
Read More:
Regulation,
Conservatism,
Theme Parks,
Consumer Product Safety Commission,
Nancy Nord,
Bush,
China Products,
China Toys,
Theme Park Safety,
Cpsc,
Politics News
Markets self-regulate, conservatives tell us. Just get government off our backs, companies tell us (after we pocket whatever subsidies we can grab).
Death By a Thousand Paper Cuts
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.29.2007 | Business
Read More:
China Products,
Outsourcing,
Dumping,
Chinese Paper Companies,
Outsourcing to China,
United Steelworkers,
Vinson & Elkins,
Imports,
International Trade Commission,
Sierra Club,
Paper Companies,
Newpage Corp,
Itc,
Business News
Apparently the Bush administration and the ITC have never conceived of what America will be like when all her paper mills are silent, when she's unable to make anything anymore because everything is made in China.
Willful Ignorance, Callous Indifference, or Both?
Richard Belzer | Posted 11.13.2007 | Politics
Read More:
Fighting Poverty,
Poverty,
US Poverty,
Economy,
US China,
Health Insurance,
China Toys,
Tax Breaks,
Recalled Toys,
Ruling Class,
Weakening Dollar,
Working Class,
US Economy,
China Products,
Job Market,
Minimum Wage,
Wall Street,
Bush Administration Poverty,
Tax Breaks for Elite,
Class Warfare,
Toxic Toys,
Politics News
The overpaid, smug opinionated keepers of Wall Street's gates are, in their view, the only class of people who can explain the confusing riddle of the American economy.
Dangerous Toys are a Human Rights Issue
David Nassar | Posted 10.29.2007 | Business
Read More:
China Products,
Toys From China,
Cheap Goods From China,
Wal-Mart China Toys,
Unsafe Toys,
Lead Paint in Toys,
Wal-Mart,
Product Safety,
International Labor Rights Fund,
Business News
Wal-Mart's pressure on supplier companies means workers overseas work without contracts, for little pay and frequent abuse and mistreatment. No one wants to teach their children these values.
Across the Divide
Tom Doctoroff | Posted 10.29.2007 | Business
Read More:
Marketing Advice,
Mass Marketing,
China Products,
China Branding,
Branding Tips,
Branding,
Marketing Tips,
Low-Income Consumers,
Chinese Consumers,
Business News
In China, brands are surrogate indicators of quality. In a land of shoddy quality, mass market consumers do not take basic safety for granted.
American Made Toys Making A Comeback
AP | RACHEL KONRAD | Posted 10.13.2007 | Business
Deborah Evanoff thought she'd traded her frantic Silicon Valley career for a lazier pace when she took over the low-tech toy company her parents found...
More Chinese-Made Toys, Jewelry Recalled
AP | Christine Simmons | Posted 09.27.2007 | Media
Toys and children's necklaces made in China were recalled Wednesday, including five more items from the popular Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway produc...
Ogilvy Offers China Pro-Bono Advice Over Recall Scandals
PR Week | Ted McKenna | Posted 09.14.2007 | Business
In the wake of recalls involving fish, toothpaste, and other products exported from China, its government has been touting, through state-run media in...
Page:
1
Popular Stories on HuffPost
Mark Wahlberg is not a fan of a "Saturday Night Live" sketch from October 4th called "Mark Wahlberg Talks...
E&P reports that Sarah Palin was greeted with a chorus of boos at the Philadelphia Flyers game where she...
The state of the McCain campaign is drawing fire from its own ostensible allies....
At a rally in Bethlehem, Pa. last week, Cindy...
Imagine an election where one of the participants...
Does John McCain "pal around with terrorists?" Certainly...
This week in the best of...
Tina Fey told TVGuide she'll be "done" if John McCain and...
With the presidential campaign approaching its final...
**SCROLL DOWN FOR SLIDESHOW** It looks like Sarah Palin has traded her...
Now that a full-scale economic crisis is upon us, many are left asking the complicated but necessary...
I don't know if Sarah would be into trying yoga. It can be a fairly...
PORTERVILLE, Calif. — National forests and parks _ long popular...
AP | JOHN LEICESTER | Posted 09.19.2008 | Business