made in china

shanghaiist.com — Publishers in the Islamic Republic of Iran have been quietly outsourcing the printing of their Qurans to China, to save on printing costs. Unfortunately, many of the made-in-China Qurans have come out full of spelling errors.

www.nytimes.com — Hundreds of Chinese laborers are now completing work on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

Next month, the last four of more than two dozen giant steel modules — each with a roadbed segment about half the size of a football field — will be loaded onto a huge ship and transported 6,500 miles to Oakland. There, they will be assembled to fit into the eastern span of the new Bay Bridge.

www.reuters.com — In 2007, two Congressmen privately admonished a Chinese official about the sudden spike in potentially harmful Made-in-China products being shipped around the world.
At the time, China was under fire from the US and other nations for a host of toxic exports - everything from lead paint in toys to poisonous chemical substitutes for ingredients in medicine and pet food.

geektyrant.com — Hey Gang! You're gonna get a kick out of these! When I was growing up all I ever wanted was were Spader-Man, Specialman, Star Knight, Silver Bat, Change Robot, and especially Robert Cop toys! But I guess I had to settle with Spider-Man, Superman, Darth Vader, Batman Transformers, and Robocop action figures. I guess we should just be thankful for what we got.

news.bbc.co.uk — A number of High Street chains have agreed to pay up to £20m ($31m) to 2,000 people who received chemical burns from anti-fungal agents in the Chinese-made sofas. The victims are expected to get £1,200-£9,000 each plus other expenses for loss of weddings, holidays and wages.