Is anyone here at least trying to not buy goods made in China?

Question

I am not saying its possible to totally avoid it, but do you at least have it in your mind to try to buy american? and definitely to try to not buy from that tyrannical communist human rights violating regime called China?

Answer 1

I am definitely trying, but I find that it's sometimes hard to ascertain the origin of certain products.

Answer 2

You have to be kidding, right? You look at everything? How do you even know? There is no way to tell if the product or some part of the product has parts from China in it. It is impossible to tell. By the way, all electronics have parts inside them, or are entirely made in China. That's just the way it is. First it was Japan, Korea, Taiwan or Mexico. Now it is China and soon to be somewhere else. Business goes where they are able to compete against everyone else. I remember when some computer companies, can't remember if it was Dell or HP, vowed to do all their business in the U.S. But competition has a way of making you eat your words. And it did. Most are now made overseas. We are along for the ride.

Answer 3

I suspect that you would have to simply buy nothing in order to accomplish this task. Not shopping Walmart is a start but you have to eat something, and anything with more than two ingredients has a good chance of at least one of those ingredients originating or being processed in China.

Bananas are probably safe since they grow in the jungle, but I bet the sticker on the banana and the bag you put it in comes from China.

Anyways, anti-China is just a fad. As a nation we rely too heavily on Chinese goods to just stop buying from them.

Answer 4

I won't even eat Panda Express anymore.

You bet I'm going anti-China. Not only are the human rights bad, but many of the products are crappy.

Example - light bulbs. I have under cabinet lights in my kitchen. One brand of the tubes that go in them is made in China (can't remember if it's GE or Phillips). The other is made in Japan. The ones made in China lasted about a month before I had to replace them. I've had no trouble with the ones made in Japan.

Answer 5

Like the others, I try to limit my purchases of items made in China, but not only that, I try to limit my purchases of items that were made in any third (or second) world country.

Add Taiwan, Cuba, Phillipeans, India, Mexico, etc. to that list. For every item you buy from a foreign country, you're making it harder for someone here to make ends-meat.

I can't keep from buying a few things from outside the country, but I do what I can.

Answer 6

Quit going to wal-mart. I haven't been there for over 8 years! That's one way to buy American made products.

I always read the labels before I buy it...if it says China...I gladly spend more to buy American product at a higher cost. It's worth it, it keeps the jobs in America!

But the rednecks love Wal-Mart. It's like a Disney World for them!

Answer 7

I try to find out where a product is manufactured every time I make a purchase. I never shop at Wallmart and avoid countries where child labor may be used.

I try to buy local.

Answer 8

Is there anything these days NOT made in China? If I have a choice, you bet, I won't by made in China. Often it is all made there or you simply don't know until it is too late.

Answer 9

Not easy to do, since everything is made in China. Just because it is assembled here, doesn't mean it is made here, even though it is labeled, made in America. Don't worry though, soon it will all be made in Mexico.

Answer 10

My company is negotiating a contract with China for about 1.2 million dollars. At least some of the money is coming back to America.