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Comment on Missing Nanjing by Ash

Ash — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:39:28 +0000

I’m afraid everywhere I go, if I go back will never be quite the same. It always seems as though everything is always changing, be ripped down, being rebuilt, etc. I hope Nanjing doesn’t change too awfully much. I really liked it there. I really liked the atmosphere, the experience and I felt the most “at home” there. Maybe it’s because you lived there and knew there, so we were more comfortable there, I don’t know.

Comment on Forbidden City Starbucks Closed by Forbidden-City » Blog Archives » Forbidden City - August 28, 2007

Forbidden-City » Blog Archives » Forbidden City - August 28, 2007 — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:02:02 +0000

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Comment on Chinese Toys Up For Improvement by Mom

Mom — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 13:48:36 +0000

The US is always good at blaming someone else. We all should work together our children and grandchildren nieces and nephews should be safe playing with toys, the whole situation is so out of control. I totally feel these toy companies have one thing in mind money…not the safety of the children sad isn’t it!?

Comment on Chinese Toys Up For Improvement by shokufeh

shokufeh — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 05:30:03 +0000

Hear, hear. Every time another story comes on the news about yet more “Chinese toys” having lead, I cannot help but yell at the tv. I am so frustrated with the media and the buying public, but most especially the American toy companies, for putting the blame on Chinese factories. These toys don’t bear the name of these factories. They bear the name of Mattel and it’s Mattel’s responsibility to make sure the toys are what they should be, before they hit the stores.

Comment on Cambodian Day Of The Dead by jenn in holland

jenn in holland — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:14:40 +0000

hehe. Ghosts with small mouths. Yeah, not in my lineage either…
It sounds like a cool experience in spite of the language barrier.

Comment on Chinese Toys Up For Improvement by jenn in holland

jenn in holland — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:11:55 +0000

My dad works in China often, as you know, as a quality control inspector for a garment company. This company he works for sews for and sells to a, ahem, rather large retailer in the USA. That retailer is almost ridiculous with it’s rules of what is acceptable and not acceptable when it comes to quality issues. And this is only as refers to the washability of LACE on panties. I completely agree with your point here that perhaps the TOY companies need to be as meticulous in what they will accept as quality in the things they sell. Point being that the safety of our children should be of chief imprortance. I mean to say, matching lace is important and all… but there is this LITTLE issue about lead….

Comment on Chinese Toys Up For Improvement by goofball

goofball — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 07:35:56 +0000

In Belgium, the China toys fear has not been spread as much as in the USA I belief…and they did put in the news as well that Mattel admitted making design mistakes themselves.

Comment on Cambodian Day Of The Dead by Cambostan: weekend roundup « Details are Sketchy

Cambostan: weekend roundup « Details are Sketchy — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 04:55:30 +0000

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Comment on Cambodian Day Of The Dead by Goofball

Goofball — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:15:36 +0000

Thanks for taking the effort to explain! Very interesting.

Comment on Podcast With At Home In China by Ashley

Ashley — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 05:31:52 +0000

I listened to both podcasts in full and I have to say much of what you spoke about is also true for foreigners who haven’t lived in China, but even have just traveled within China. For example, the starring or being shocked by skin whitening or the strong contrast between rural places and cities.