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I’ve talked about Americans decrying Chinese imported products on this blog, and the need for American and multinational corporations to get their act together in due diligence and quality control. Well this story was so strange that I had to post it. It’s not exactly your run-of-the-mill Trader Joe’s or even pet food melamine case. Instead, Congress is targeting importation of actual (plastinated) human bodies for display from China.

Mike Bellamy, China Operations Director for Passagemaker introduces his company's innovative sourcing solution for international buyers as an American owned company based in China.

I noticed this past week that the New York Times decided to do back-to-back articles yesterday and today about Chinese products. Not all that surprising since it has become a media sensation to bash China and stir up China fears.

Ningbo Yibao, a State Controlled metal trading company's principal trader James Xu kidnaps a foreign scrap-metal trader and demands a $350,000 ransom for his release. Passport demanded by James Xu, the scrap metal trader attempted to flee to Shanghai airport (not specified which on in the rough area) and was kidnapped at the airport.

Luxury Brand Growth in China; OmniaLuo, Inc., Coach Inc., BMW Group, Audi AG and the Swatch Group Ltd Brands Add to Social Status of Chinese Consumers - China Poised to become Second Biggest Consumer of Luxury Goods by 2015

Following my first post a couple of days ago, I wanted to post some of the responses I received a couple of weeks ago when I posted this question Linkedin.

It is by no means scientific, but some of the answers were really well thought out, interesting, and thought provoking.

Matthew DeFlorio published this article with the International Law News recently about supply chain security. It doesn’t directly relate to China, but I think its tips are very applicable. A number of his suggestions are based in common sense and quite a bit of experience as well.

he last 3 months have been a nightmare for anyone with a Made in China sticker on their goods, and for China as a whole.
Through this process, one of the things I keep coming back to is “what level of product failure is acceptable?”. For consumers, the first response is none. But is that reasonable?

Kaiser Kuo turns to Chris Reitermann, president of OgilvyOne China, to get a better idea of what people can expect for advertiser spending in China for 2009. Though, as expected, he explains overall budgets are being cut - digital spending is increasing. He also states that 2008's Olympic-infused year and 2009, with a recession looming, aren't really fair comparisons.