China Whines More

This is so disappointing. China should look at this as an opportunity to learn how to quit making total crap. If they would handle the criticism in a more adult fashion, it probably wouldn't made the headlines EVERY SINGLE DAY and they could probably get a lot of much needed free advise on how to make some improvements. Instead, they pound the table and point their fingers in the opposite direction.

The Chinese government, scrambling to counter a storm of criticism over the safety of the nation's exports, is now taking aim at products sent to China from some of America's largest companies.

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Li Changjiang -- China's most senior quality-control official and head of the government's 30,000-person inspection service -- presented a list of defects and dangers he said have turned up in products shipped by U.S. companies. These include turbines from General Electric Co., ultrasound machines from a U.S. unit of Philips Electronics NV, of the Netherlands, and farm machinery from Deere & Co. Mr. Li pointed to problems ranging from mislabeled pacemakers to engine problems to pesticide-laden apples grown in Washington state to defective homing pigeons, infected with disease. In some cases, the companies involved had previously acknowledged and responded to complaints from China about the items.