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Archive for August, 2007
Chevrolet: A Beijing Revolution
(For those of you who aren’t up to speed on your ad slogans, Chevy’s official campaign is “An American Revolution.” Guess it’s kind of lame to explain the allusions of your blog post title, but “Drove My Chevy to the levy and painted it with angry slogans” was already taken. Thanks, Imagethief.)
This news is a [...]
Should we stop outsourcing to China?
It’s the big debate.
Readers at the Underwire , part of the Wired blog network, weighed in with their comments following Sonia Zjawinski’s recent post, “How Many More Recalls Until We Stop Outsourcing to China?“
“China’s recent rash of export malfunctions in the past few months makes me wonder if doing business in China is worth the [...]
Responsible Bloggers: August 15, 2007
Today’s round-up of responsible bloggers will focus on the Mattel recall fallout.
Here’s what’s circulating around the blogosphere:
They Got Barbie and Batman now.
Diligence China
By Andrew Hupert
August 14, 2007
Finished in toxic lead paint that was intentionally substituted at the factory level, Sarge is a textbook example of supply chain failure.
Polly, on the other hand, is a [...]
Total Recalls in Toyland or Mattel’s Hell
Polly Pocket. Doggie Day Care. Barbie and Tanner. Batman. No longer just the kid-friendly names of innocent toys; instead, they’ve become the labels of dangerous Made-in-China goods that made headlines around the world this week.
Mattel Recalls Chinese Toys, Second Time in Two Weeks
Bloomberg
By Heather Burke
Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) — Mattel Inc., the world’s biggest toymaker, [...]
Mind the Gap
The income gap in China made big news last week, as the Asian Development Bank released a report stating that inequality has risen in Asia’s developing countries over the past 10 years. Policy makers must take this inequality seriously, the ADB said, because of the following reasons:
Inequality is multi-dimensional
The income gap is not the only [...]
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