Chinese products - do you have a lot of those Down Under?

treestar

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Thu Mar-18-10 11:53 AM
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Chinese products - do you have a lot of those Down Under?

I'm wondering if this is an American phenomena or a First World one.

Do you have Chinese imports for just about everything you buy?

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canetoad

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Thu Mar-18-10 01:34 PM
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1. Yep

We have whole shops devoted to selling cheap rubbish - tools, nick-nacks, stationery, household goods, all from China. They smell of mothballs and plastic and are called something like The $2 Shop, The Reject Shop.

Most of the clothing and footwear sold by chain stores (Target, K Mart, Big W, etc) is made in China, generally from nasty synthetic substances.

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treestar

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Thu Mar-18-10 02:11 PM
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2. You've even got the same stores!

This multinational corporation stuff is for real!

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depakid

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Sun Mar-21-10 01:41 AM
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5. America doesn't have anything like Rivers

Edited on Sun Mar-21-10 01:42 AM by depakid

And if you look hard or go to the right shops, there are some Aussie made items- though they are expensive.

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Matilda

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Thu Mar-18-10 08:30 PM
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3. It's not only the cheapos that come from China (and Korea).

Many big-name clothing manufacturers have their clothes made in China, imported back here and then sold on at
very high prices.

I don't like the fact that local workers are out of a job, and the Chinese workers are virtual slave labour. One
of those nasty things that western governments choose to turn a blind eye to.

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treestar

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Sat Mar-20-10 05:38 PM
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4. Sounds like it is a world wide thing

Jobs in first world countries to China and then ship the products back to sell!

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