China seizes on Mattel apology to emphasize safety
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China highlighted Mattel's apology over its recall of huge numbers of toys on Monday to press Beijing's claim that its exports are generally safe and foreign politicians and media have unfairly hyped quality scares.
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Japan said China apologized on Tuesday for the intrusion by one of its submarines into Japanese waters last week in a gesture that defuses a dispute and may open the way for a bilateral summit this weekend.
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TOKYO  - China offered Japan the apology it demanded for the intrusion of a nuclear submarine in its waters and said the incident would not further sour the Asian powers&#39; relations, Japanese officials revealed.
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Mattel has only itself to blame for a huge toy recall that has stoked global alarm about Chinese-made goods, state media said on Thursday, charging that a slew of foreign safety scares had exposed a protectionist agenda.
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A U.S. company's apology to China sparks criticism in both places.
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China, reeling from a series of health scandals, told food and drug companies on Friday to put safety first and warned the growing problem could threaten social stability in the world's most populous nation.
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Even as it cracks down on product safety and substandard goods, China lashes out at critics of its exports.
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In the extraordinary apology, Mattel took the blame for design flaws and said it had recalled more lead-tainted toys than justified.
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The execution was meant to show that Beijing is serious about improving the safety of Chinese products.
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The proposed rules are in response to the outcry over dangerous imports from China and other unsafe products.
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The world&#39;s leading toymaker, Mattel  Inc, on Tuesday announced a third recall of Chinese-made toys,  saying it would take back more than 800,000 units globally that  contain &quot;impermissible&quot; levels of lead.
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Mattel, announced a recall of 844,000 toys that contain excessive levels of lead paint Tuesday night - the third such recall of Chinese-manufactured toys by Mattel this summer.
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China on Monday hit back at Mattel, after a massive toy recall, saying designers and importers should also take responsibility for product safety, but promised to punish its own manufacturers who flout standards.
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A top power official apologized for radioactive leaks and several other malfunctions that occurred at a Japanese nuclear plant after a deadly earthquake, but said the company's basic safety measures still worked.
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Toy maker apologises for blaming Chinese suppliers over a spate of recalls of substandard products.
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GUANGZHOU, China - Toy inspectors set fire to Elmo's bulging white eyes, tugged on Dora the Explorer's arms, and scraped paint off a Barbie playset - tests they called a routine part of efforts to make sure Chinese products are safe for American children.
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The latest batch of toys made in China recalled by US manufacturer Mattel is actually safe for children, meeting both European and Chinese standards, state media reported on Thursday.