Chinese Kids Get Foreign-Brand Toys
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When freelance writer Wang Jian shops for toys for her 5-year-old son, she's happy to pay extra for Legos blocks and Japanese-brand train sets
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Â· Thomas the Tank Engine items taken off UK shelvesÂ· 70,000 Chinese-made playthings may be affected
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SHANGHAI, China - For the schnauzer that has everything, how about a sequin-studded raincoat? Would your Pekinese like some "chicken chip cookies"? Or earrings for your poodle?    As incomes rise, China's city dwellers have developed a mania for pets - some spending up to $1,800 to buy fancy purebreds such as Pomeranians and pampering them with gourmet food, designer clothes and premium toys.   "They even have backpacks, like baby ones, so you can carry the dog around!" said Li Shuifang, the proud owner of a Pomeranian...
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With the American toy industry reeling from recalls of millions of Chinese-made toys, some of Europeâs best-known toy makers find themselves in a fortuitous position.
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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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BULUNKOU, China  - Wearing an NBA sweatshirt and a Mickey Mouse cap, 13-year-old Mingbayi Abdubaki plays beside the mountainous highway to Pakistan with a battery-powered earth digger he built himself from scrap.
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China said on Tuesday it was looking into allegations that Chinese factories used children to produce merchandising for next year's Beijing Olympics.
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China's top electronics makers on Wednesday unveiled dozens of video players made with a homegrown DVD format in a campaign to promote a Chinese alternative to foreign technology.
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NEW YORK - As kids keep getting plugged into the Internet, toy makers are following them online.
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Toy makers are instituting tougher quality controls in China and elsewhere to try to avoid repetition of the recalls that damaged the industry last year.
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Children who visit Webkinz.com, the popular virtual world for children who buy Webkinz stuffed animals, may also see advertisements on the site.
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By Jenny Gilbert The words &quot;made in Taiwan&quot; are often the butt of jokes, usually about cheap electronic goods or short-lived plastic toys.
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FOSHAN, China  - Boxes stacked in the factory window are labeled clearly: "Fisher-Price", "toys", "preschool". The future of the plant, though, is not so clear.
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Fast moving, fast spinning and fast stacking toys will be a hit with children this holiday season if kids have anything to say about it.
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Toy makers are instituting tougher quality controls in China and elsewhere to try to avoid repetition of the  recalls that damaged the industry last year.
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Children in America are becoming deeply enmeshed in the consumer culture of getting and spending.
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Chinese and US officials sign an agreement to prevent China-made toys coated in lead paint.