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Economic protest against China; BOYCOTT CHINA CAMPAIGN
Topic Started: Jun 25 2012, 09:50 PM (3,035 Views)
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It would not be difficult to highlight the inferiority of China-made products, whether we are talking of Chinese cars, motorbikes, agricultural and industrial tools, or light consumer goods like household utensils, clothing, school supplies, and electrical and electronic products. Their sole attraction is their cheap price.  One should not look for quality, reliability, style or durability in Chinese products. These goods currently occupy the lowest rung in the hierarchy of imported goods, far below those made in Japan or South Korea. People buy them because they are incredibly inexpensive, offering great value to low-income groups, the way Ma Ling in the early years of the Chinese export drive gave the Filipino poor an affordable version of Spam.

Still, it would not be fair to characterize all China-made products in these terms. Four years ago, my wife and I decided to buy a brand-new Chinese car that cost us less than P400,000. We still have the vehicle, an 800cc mini-car that we use as a second car for short rides. A couple of friends from UP saw me driving it, and, after being assured that it runs well, promptly got themselves their own minis. The problem is that after two years, many of these Chinese minis fell into disuse because there were no replacement parts available and, worse, every service center for this Chinese brand had disappeared. Luckily, for us, a new dealership with its own service center opened just a few weeks ago. But the damage to the brand’s reputation has been done. I still believe it is a reasonably good car, though I am now hesitant to recommend it to my friends.

A campaign to boycott China-made goods would certainly hit Chinese branded goods like my car. But I doubt if it would affect the popularity of Apple products, which are designed in the United States but made in China. Many cars and motorcycles sporting the proud marques of European, American, and Japanese makers now use a lot of parts sourced from China. Many shoes and sports equipment, and affordable luxury items bearing the venerable logos of global companies are invariably made in China. Given the reality of worldwide supply chains on which almost all branded products now depend, it is no longer easy to determine which products are made where.

I grew up in an era when the goal of nation-building encouraged us to give preference to products made by our own people. I still think that the ideals that inspired many forms of economic nationalism should continue to remind us of the need to ceaselessly develop the productive capability of our people. At the same time, however, we cannot ignore the fact that today’s economies are so interconnected with one another that it is almost delusional to attach the names of nations to what are, in reality, global products.

A call to boycott Chinese products will no doubt catch attention, but it will do nothing more beneficial to our people than perhaps to stimulate discussion on the Chinese threat. It may revive the spirit of patriotism among our people by offering them a chance to validate this in their daily lives. But I don’t know how one can prevent the complex sentiments it will unleash from sliding into a destructive form of racism. This is what I fear, more than the expected retaliation from our haughty neighbor.

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http://opinion.inquirer.net/32863/the-call...hinese-products


no matter what, the boycott will have lasting effect.

this may force companies to leave china and rebuild their factories outside of china.

ASEAN will benefit from this!

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dont be afraid to boycott.

why apple when theres Samsung Galaxy now?

Android is doing great!

then apple will transfer its factories to other nations.

junk all vehicles, textiles, food and electronics from china.

it's one of the best things we could do to shoot back at the greedy big bully.
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In almost every nation on the continent, China has undertaken major public works projects from the presidential palace in Guinea, to a $100-million hydroelectric dam in Gabon, to paving close to 140 miles (220 kilometers) of roads in Congo.

But the investment usually comes with strings attached, with infrastructure traded for access to Africa’s vast mineral wealth as well as its marketplaces.

It’s been an especially raw deal for the continent’s dwindling artisans— not just its slipper makers but also the weavers of Ghana’s ceremonial kente cloth, as well as the dyers of the vibrant wax prints worn by West African women, which have been copied and sold for less by China.

Brothers Mactar and Moussa Gueye, whose grandfather made the slippers worn by the kings of the local Cayor kingdom, said their first encounter with China was at a trade fair in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, in 1998. A Chinese trader approached their stand and admired their shoes, returning several times to look though never buying anything, said Mactar Gueye.

Not long after, a group of Chinese buyers traveled to Ngaye Mekhe. The town, with a population of 25,000, is often called Senegal’s “shoe capital” because the shoemakers here display their slippers on racks on either side of National Highway No. 1.

“They told me they were interested in buying our product. They lied. By the end of the year, the market was flooded with my design—only made in plastic by the Chinese,” said 46-year-old Mactar Gueye.

If the slippers made in this Senegalese town sell for no less than $20, the Chinese replicas sell for $4. And if it takes a master craftsman here around a day to sew one of his creations, the Chinese can make them by the thousands in factories in Asia, sending them in containers to Senegal’s port.

“Our government should have protected us,” says the eldest of the three brothers, 53-year-old Moussa Gueye. “The knockoffs, they come in through the port, right? So why don’t our authorities control what comes in?

“What bothers me is these are people who never buy anything here, they only come to sell,” he says. Then he adds: “I take that back. They never buy anything that is above ground,” he said. “Only what is under our soil.”

http://business.inquirer.net/74727/in-senegalese-shoe-capital-chinese-not-welcome
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China's alleged genetically modified rice experiment raises fear
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Beijing/Hengyang (China Daily/ANN) - The parents of children in China's Hunan province who took part in a study allegedly involving genetically modified rice have expressed concerns over possible health hazards.

The move comes as one of the authors of the study, Yin Shi'an, denied that the project used genetically modified (GM) food.
Yin, a researcher with the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention's Nutrition and Food Safety Institute, was listed as the third author of the study in a paper published on Aug. 1 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

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Japanese Manufacturers Move To Philippines, Some 300 Japanese manufacturing companies operating in China and Japan have expressed interest to relocate their businesses in the Philippines in the next five years...

Arigatou gozaimasu! Japan :patrioticpinoy:

http://business.inquirer.net/82418/japanese-manufacturers-move-to-philippines

http://www.visayandailystar.com/2012/September/15/businessnews1.htm
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very good news.. Hope more investor will follow.. MAYBUHAY...
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AUSTRALIA, CANADA and Europe must do the same.

These allies must remember that we cannot allow an arrogant bully to gain strength, by sucking the blood of these sovereign nations' economy, and abuse weaker nations, for they have a faith in God to uphold and a responsibility to the world to maintain, .... being the global leaders of today.
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CHINESE NEWSPAPER THREATENS JAPAN WITH CRAZY RHETORIC

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“Double-edged sword”

An editorial in the People’s Daily — the mouthpiece of the Communist Party — on Monday hinted at possible sanctions on Japan over the dispute.

Acknowledging sanctions would be a “double-edged sword” for China, the paper said Japan could be set back up to 20 years if Beijing chose to make its fourth-largest trading partner suffer.
“Amidst a struggle that touches on territorial sovereignty, if Japan continues its provocations China will inevitably take on the fight,” it said.

Japan is a big investor in China, with two-way trade worth $342.9 billion last year, according to Chinese official data.


Japan should laugh off this crazy rhetoric made by the Chinese newspaper.

It's a psywar tactic via media.

FACT IS, JAPAN'S PULLING ITS INVESTMENT TO CHINA WOULD ... AGGRAVATE ....

THE ALREADY FAILING ECONOMY OF CHINA WHICH IS CONTINUOUSLY NOW SLOWING DOWN TO DANGEROUS LEVELS.

Japan can use this as a leverage in fact. :specool:

Also, the lost market in China can be READILY ABSORBED BY ASEAN AS A WHOLE AND OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES LIKE IN MANY PARTS OF AFRICA AND ASIA.

The investments in these new markets will also help Japan solidify fresh grounds for its products.

Japan got high-quality products while China are nothing but junks.

So, Japan can safely get out of China and build new markets for a long-term application. :armycheers:
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btw, read this and the related articles too

http://thediplomat.com/2012/07/30/what-chinas-leaders-fear-most/?utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20the-diplomat%20%28The%20Diplomat%20RSS%29&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=feedburner

especially this one

http://thediplomat.com/2011/05/23/why-china%E2%80%99s-leaders-fear-inflation/
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We can capitalize on this momentum for FDI but we have two major issues to contend with:

Corruption - We must keep our officials from driving investors away like what has happened in the past two decades. Recent reporting has indicated major improvements but we still have major issues with Finance and Customs.

Workforce - We have a talented and highly educated workforce but we need to instill values that will get them to realize that they are lucky to have good paying jobs and not take advantage of their employers. Stealing pieces and parts erodes confidence. A significant percentage of the workforce that does not show up for a few days after payday also stresses a companies ability to produce, particularly in manufacturing. We need to protect our workers but at the same time protect the employers from frivolous lawsuits. I have witnessed a number of foreign companies kind enough to employ our citizens only to face frivolous lawsuits by countrymen with poor morals and integrity who are protected by extreme labor laws yet our local companies seem to flout them with impunity and abuse employees.
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a good balance of both.

BY THE WAY, WHAT SEN. TRILLANES DID TO MANNY PANGILINAN IS A BIG MISTAKE.

He must be very very careful on dragging business leaders like Manny.

Makes me think, China has drugged Trillanes into shaking the local business by dragging names like Manny.

But remember that it is possible that the 2 sides, Enrile and Trillanes, or the ones who made them collide, must have planned it to be like that to drag Manny and try to shake the local business.

PNoy must not be outsmarted by the back-stabbing liars, the pesky greedy arrogant chinese bully.

PNoy negotiators must must always emphasize the words, ..;

THE PHILIPPINE SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE SCARBOROUGH SHOAL AND PARTS OF THE SPRATLY'S ARE NOT NEGOTIABLE AND INCONTESTABLE".

Whoever tries to contest is opposing law and justice and is acting merely on the essence of ABUSE AND BULLYING.
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