Comments on: Cracks in the China dolls/2007/08/28/cracks-in-the-china-dolls/Andrew Curry's blog on futures, trends, emerging issues and scenariosSun, 27 Mar 2011 11:57:41 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Toy stories and global ethics « thenextwave/2007/08/28/cracks-in-the-china-dolls/#comment-1770Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:48:28 +0000/2007/08/28/cracks-in-the-china-dolls/#comment-1770[…] stories and global ethics I blogged earlier this year on the toy industry and Chinese production, and on the idea of ‘toxic consumption‘ – that the things we buy […]

]]>By: Toxic consumption « thenextwave/2007/08/28/cracks-in-the-china-dolls/#comment-1464Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:15:59 +0000/2007/08/28/cracks-in-the-china-dolls/#comment-1464[…] regard their well-being as important to them. The thought comes both because of the wave of stories about product recalls from Chinese factories, and the recent House of Lords Select Committee report which said that […]

]]>By: thenextwavefutures/2007/08/28/cracks-in-the-china-dolls/#comment-1118Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:58:00 +0000/2007/08/28/cracks-in-the-china-dolls/#comment-1118News of a third Mattel recall of China-made toys – again because of lead in paint. Three quarters of a million toys implicated – including Barbie dolls and accessories and toy trains.

]]>By: Mitch Betts/2007/08/28/cracks-in-the-china-dolls/#comment-954Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:23:42 +0000/2007/08/28/cracks-in-the-china-dolls/#comment-954Before the Mattel fiasco, I blogged about various barriers to China’s growth, here:

Barriers to China’s growth


The barriers include bureaucracy, corruption and energy shortages.

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