Chinese food 'made from cardboard'

I usually try to fork out the extra dollar or two for a better product. I refuse to shop at Walmart, the stuff there is about $0.82 cheaper, but also has only an 18% chance of lasting as long as something similar from somewhere else, that and I don't like taking longer to get through the checkout line than it took me to get what I needed, ie. thirty minutes to get through the express line with one guy in front of me.

That and even Chinese food made here in the US is "double the fun"... just ask progbuddy what that means if you're curious, lol.

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I usually try to fork out the extra dollar or two for a better product. I refuse to shop at Walmart, the stuff there is about $0.82 cheaper, but also has only an 18% chance of lasting as long as something similar from somewhere else, that and I don't like taking longer to get through the checkout line than it took me to get what I needed, ie. thirty minutes to get through the express line with one guy in front of me.

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82, 18, 30, 1...the new Lost numbers? :P

-Dave

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_....php?id=120312

Follow up. Apparently it was faked.

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Originally Posted by nil8

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_....php?id=120312

Follow up. Apparently it was faked.

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Ooops...

Somebody, is in very deep caca.

Zi you in the next life Zi.

LOL I just saw that myself and I was logging in to tell you guys about it...

BEIJING, China (Reuters) -- Beijing police have detained a television reporter for allegedly fabricating an investigative story about steamed buns stuffed with cardboard at a time when China's food safety is under intense international scrutiny.

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Originally Posted by chaksq

And yeah, stuff from China is pretty much garbage.

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This is not true at all really...They are basically only building and manufacturing the crap that the rest of the world set up for them...for instance:

The very, very best [and most abundant] optical glass comes from china--from medical equipment to telescopes and binoculars--why? because we moved all or best machinery and trained them to make this stuff for us [by us i mean global consumers from all countries] using cheaper labor.

They arent the ones designing the ugly plastic salad spinner with the smiling dolphin face--we are.

If you had to go through all the products in your home and remove the ones Made in China, you'd be left with only your American flag and stuff made from rubber. Why? Because if its one thing we have ****loads of in the USA its petroleum and old tires.

Exactly, and your American flag was made in Korea. If the natural laws of economic apply, we are likely to see a shift to very high quality production in the near future. Like Japan long ago who made everything poorly, then made everything, then made the best VCR's.

Actually I buy only flags made in the US from American made fabrics ;) I must keep certain things sacred :p

I was just poking fun, I have no idea where flags are made.

Much like how everything is outsourced to india, once they start trying to charge higher prices for making things, in indias case once they start wanting more for tech support, the jobs will be outsourced back to the us in america, and then the cycle repeats for us. It happened to japan, i think it will happen to india, and it's happening in china.