Why are so many things made in china? How come most films are set in America?
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Why are so many things made in China?\n\nManufacturing, especially the mass production of assembly-line goods, is in constant flux.  Companies in every country are looking for the cheapest place to manufacture goods.\nThis trend has accelerated by the pursuit of Free Trade agreements throughout the world.  These agreements create simultaneous reductions in barriers that nations use to protect their native industries.\nThe reduction of tariffs and customs, taxes which are paid on products or raw materials being imported or exported, the goal of trade agreements.  \n"Globalization" is the name of this trend: the constant search for low cost and high quality production regardless of national borders.  Thus, Japanese car makers build some assembly plants in the US, because the raw materials (steel, electronics, tires) are nearby, and the cost of shipping the vehicles to market is very small.  \nMany United States corporations contract to have their products made or assembled abroad because labor costs are much lower than they are in the US.\nChina has profited from this trend because it has an unlimited work force and wages are very low.  So, the production of thousands of products is awarded to Chinese companies.  If you visit any of the low-cost "dollar stores" in this country, you will find that virtually every item is made in China.\nOpponents of globalization argue that this trend is very unhealthy for workers.  By sending business only to the labor market that pays the lowest wages, wages are kept depressed for all other workers.  And, the reason that costs are so low in China is that workers don't have any benefits like vacation, health, or retirement.\nFor now, China has a huge work force willing to work for low compensation, great ports and railroads for the shipment of goods, and local resources of coal and iron for steel making and fuel.
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Absolutely!!!  \n\nI quit buying things "Made in China"  over 10 years ago.\n\nI am not against Fair Trade.  I am against items that were traditionally made in the USA & Americans losing jobs because these items are now manufactured in China.  \n\nMany of these items are inferior:  poor quality, bad craftsmanship or workmanship, in essence they are cheap.\n\nMany things are quite difficult to find w/o components made in China  especially electronics & some things are completely made in China.\n\nVCR's, Digital Cameras, Computers...however Japan & Korea's technology is as good if not better then China's.\n\nI refuse to buy clothes made in China...I will however buy clothing made in other counties.   Such as India, they have some of the best cotton clothing & Russia has very well-made clothing.\n\nHave you bought shoes lately?  8 out of every 10 pairs of shoes are "made in China".  Even traditional USA brand shoes have switched to Chinese production, such as Eastland & Bass.  I recently noticed that some Birkenstocks (which were originally German) are now "made in China"!\n\nI love catalogs like L.L. Bean that specify where an item is made.  L.L. Bean will also pay for the return shipping if you return an item because the country's origin was misrepresented in their catalog.  Once one of their descriptions said "USA or China"...a customer service representative actually went into their flagship store in Maine & found the USA item & shipped it to me because I did not want the China item.  They are this good!\n\nI definitely will NOT buy plastics made in China (storage bowls), there was a case in PA a few years ago that made headlines about a church picnic, where a couple of senior citizens died &, several others including children were taken to the hospital due to Poisoning...it was originally thought the people had suffered food poisoning when actually it was found to be PCB's leached from the plastics bowls bought at a dollar type store.  The bowls were made in China.   The article went on to say, that many countries do not have the same manufacturing standards with plastics as the US does.\n\nProbably the only thing that I would buy actually made in China...would be antique authentic "China" (dishware).  :-)\n\nSo stick to your guns & read those labels, save those American jobs.  :-)\n\nP.S. Smiles-->Took me 7 tries before I could find an American flag made in the USA & I had to buy it via the internet, because Lowe's, Home Depot, Wal Mart, Kmart & Kohl's did not carry them!!!
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Chinese steel sucks! I work in the steel industry manufacturing heavy equipment parts and I can say steel is not one of the things to worry about.\n As for importing steel, that is a stategic move to save our resoures for when it is needed, kinda like the strategic petroleum reserves.\n  This country does not use Chinese steel to produce any of it's defense weapons. All of that steel purified in top secert locations and some known locations. My company produces steel parts for contruction equipment for around the world. Our steel comes from NC and Alambama. ALso my company is owned by Japanese!
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Great!!\nGood criticism.\nI think that China has such powerful econimic policies that even the US firms have opened their offices in China.\nThey have such a cheap manpower that every company would like to work in China and probably this is the reason that even the US stickers are made in China.
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At least in part.  Movies are an exaggeration.  Compared to most other countries, American culture is decadent.  We waste resources and tend to be arrogant.  Those who lean to the left want to rush into a future untested.  Those who are the most conservative want to go back 20 or more years and pretend nothing has happened.  America is very diverse.  Even people who have lived here all of their lives have no idea of what the country is all about because they might have spent their entire life in one small area.  You would have to see us to believe us.
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It's a culture thing. It is also perhaps due to the fact that you weren't really raised in China to begin with. Perhaps if you visit China,you'd understand better :)
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China is a totalitarian Communist State; and they rule with an iron fist.  They execute 8,000 political prisoners a year in China...think about that for a second...8,000 people a year kille for their political beliefs that differ from the government.  \n\nI'm happy to be an American, and hope we can keep it that way forever.
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More than likly the east will win; in the western animation industrys like Disney Dreamworks, Fox and WB are try to concentrate on CGI films ever sinc Toy Story came out the weatern animation has lost it touch, no one remember Treasure Planet, Titan AE, Ultimate Avangers, and few talk about Brother Bear, and other recant animated films in the U.S.; way, because everyone is focused on CGI films like The Incredables, Bugs Life, Ants, Final Fantasy etc. However movies like Spirited Away and anime shows like Naruto,  Cowboy Bebop, and Fullmetal Alchemist are very popular and are growing very fast, even faster then shows like Family Guy, and the Simpsons. The bottom line is estern animation has better stories and good plots and there animation is getting better and better every year. In about 5 years they probably will have much better animatied films than there western rivels. Which is why american animaitor are looking to work together with eastern animators in makeing shows like Big O and IGPX, or something even better. In the mean time america will be more into CGI films than animatied ones.
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smart people those chinese,if you see everything like an american guy, you are done,they use: the art of the war( author:lao tzu),the american society is living one of your worse moments,because the people that built the usa,they were christian people,people with goals,values,and philosophy of life,actually the usa is falling into its own system,because everybody are turning back to the philosophy that built this nation,the chinese are living with the opposite,they have goals,values(may be not the rigths one but...)and the main point:philosophy of life,they are beginning to rule the economical world,from the first moment that the usa began to move theirs companies over there,they began to move pieces and they are good players,if you have friends,you have influences to get a lot of thing sthat you need,the chinese are in touch with,russia,arabian countries,latino countries,the asian countries and europe,something else,the art of the war,bush is not the problem:the society is the problem here.the youth got everything so easy that they are thinking anything else today.god bless the usa.
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America is made of many stripes and many stars.\nAmerican citizens are very different: their backround, their race, and their religion.\nThat's what makes America so special.\nTibet and India are spiritual, maybe china too.\nThe west, also known as south+north America, didn't lost their spirituality ! They are still faithful, and I'm sure much more faithful than those in their country, trust me on this one.\n:)
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The Ring stayed close to the original Asian version, but others like the Grudge, and as someone said previously, Point of No Return, they were poorly remade. Also, I think the Japanese version of "Shall We Dance?" was far better than the version made in the States.\n\nPersonally, I feel Americans are remaking Asian concept films because a) Hollywood has run out of ideas, the industry, in general, is running out of ideas for films; b) American industry likes the concept of the Asian films [and for some reason sees it fit to remake them (why?)]; or c) American society doesn't embrace foreign films, so Americans feel it necessary to create an English version to satisfy American movie-goers (again, why?).
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Because in the west, The big corporations give gifts of shoes,watches,cars and other products to the rich stars to seen in and the poor folk try to copy the big stars and then buy these products usually made in sweat shops in china,etc. These products have big profit margins but don't worry you can buy on credit at 29%. Looking cool! , in debt
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The short answer is that China is still communist because that's the system that works best for them. There are several brands of communism. Despite what many people believe, all communists are not the same. China's brand of communism is not the same as Russia's brand of communism was. \nWhat is really going to be interesting is to see what happens now that China is becoming a capitalistic country (just take a look at where most of the goods you buy are produced) and with what is happening inside China itself. \nIn Beijing, for example, ten years ago the bicycle was the main way of getting around. When we were there, it was hard to believe the number of bikes we saw, and the number of people and the amount of goods that could be piled on one Pigeon (the trade name of China's most popular bike). Now that the economy is allowing personal wealth, there is a great deal of interest in private motor vehicles. Just think for a moment of the impact that will have! Unless they jump directly into a non-fossil fuel technology, you will have the potential for a billion more cars spewing fumes into the atmosphere, a screaming world wide shortage of gas and oil, and incredible traffic jams in the major cities. \nAh, yes. We live in interesting times!
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China, like many other nations in the world, feel that the USA is an arrogant young power which does not realize that the Chinese civilization has been around for quite a while; thousand of years. So they expect the American government to facilitate the creation of a relationship of mutual respect and above all not to meddle in China's sphere of influence.
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All the mugs I have, sold, or handled I have always seen "made in china" on the bottom.\n\nI would start off with China Wholesalers first.\n\nDollar store wholesalers I never find much with them past bubble gum machine junk.\n\nYou might try just shopping at the stores and try to find an address, dot com or something on a mug and go from there.  Many times I have found products by going backwards up the tree.
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American newspapers only print a small part of the truth. They do not print the truth about China because China is a large trading partner. They do not print the truth about Cuba, because it would embarrass the United States. There are a zillion examples of newspapers withholding unpopular news.
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Japanese things are only weird (though, I prefer the word unusual) in our eyes...they probably think things made in America are weird too.