RANT- China doesn't own Mattel or Fisher Price!!

In light of the recent toy recalls, I find it incredulous that the general public could lay the blame on China. And why all the sudden interest in warning us consumers through frequent headlines in the media? Check out http://www.recalls.gov/recent.html and look at all the internal American recalls that occur on a daily basis that we hardly ever hear about in the news. Quite possibly this sudden interest and focus on consumer safety has more to do with this.....

China has experienced export growth of 500% across the last 17 years In late 2007 or 2008 China is set to pass the US as the 2nd largest exporter on earth. 8/28/07 From Max Fraad Wolfe

China's growth is a tougher event than anything we faced since World War Two" - Jeffrey E. Garten, Dean, Yale School of Management 9/12/2004

China, this year for the first time, has dislodged the United States from it’s long reighn as the main engine of global economic growth, with it’s more than 11 % growth eclipsing sputtering US growth of about 2 %, according to the International Monetary Funds 2007 projections released yesterday.