“Labour day is a great American holiday that people celebrate by going out and buying products made in China” PeopleMadeProductsChinaCelebrateBuyingHolidayLabourGoing OutGreat AmericanLabour DayMade In China Author:David Letterman
“Everyone wants an iPhone, but it would be impossible to design an iPhone in China because it's not a product; it's an understanding of human nature.” WantHumansWould BeUnderstandingImpossibleHuman NatureDesignProductsChinaIphone Author:Ai Weiwei
“Chinese people today have strong demand for culture, but we need effective supply, and China needs innovative cultural products.” PeopleNeedsTodayCultureStrongProductsDemandChinaChineseInnovative Author:Wang Jianlin
“When Columbus took off, the purpose was to improve trade relations with China. That problem has not been solved to this very day, but just look at the by-products.” LooksProblemPurposeModernProductsRelationTradeChinaModern LifeColumbus Author:Edward Teller
“The success of the stock connect program and the increased market volatility means investors are looking for more products to access China markets performance than exchange traded funds, and futures are feeding that rising demand.” MeanSuccessProductsDemandProgramPerformancesChinaAccessRisingFundInvestorsFeedingVolatility Author:Andrew Sullivan
“Products made in China are cheap through the exploitation of the workforce. Every time we shop, we are driving the nail further into the coffin of American manufacturing jobs.” MadeJobsProductsChinaDrivingShopsExploitationNailsManufacturingCoffinsWorkforceMade In China Author:Joe Baca
“Corporations can't have it both ways. They can't tell Americans how much they want us to buy their products, but then run abroad to avoid taxes or hire cheap labor. American corporations should pay their fair share of taxes and create decent-paying jobs here - not in China.” WayWantShouldRunningJobsPayShareProductsTaxesFairsLaborChinaCorporationsDecentWant UFair ShareCheap Labor Author:Bernie Sanders
“Environmentally, business in America in 1970 was very similar to business in China today. Even if a CEO wanted to be a responsible corporate citizen, he (and they were all "he's" then) simply couldn't invest a billion dollars in pollution controls to produce a product that was indistinguishable from those of his competitors. His products would be priced out of the market. Passing laws that created a clean, level playing field for whole industries had to be a core focus of the 1970s.” IfsWholeWould BeTodayWantedAmericaLawLevelsFocusFieldsProduceProductsIndustryCitizensResponsibleDollarsCleanChinaBillionsCorePassingPassingsCorporatePollutionCeoCompetitorsPlaying FieldsLevel Playing FieldPollution ControlPassing Laws Author:Denis Hayes
“If you read Wall Streets reports, they dont talk of soya bean as originating in China. They dont talk of soya bean as soya bean. They talk of Monsanto soya. Monsanto soya is protected by a patent. It has a patent number. It is therefore treated as a creation of Monsanto, a product of Monsantos intelligence and innovation.” IfsNumbersStreetsCreationProductsWallInnovationChinaTreatedReportsProtectedBeansPatentsMonsanto Author:Vandana Shiva
“We have to understand that America can't just surrender and lose jobs year in and year out. We have to say to our friend in China, look, you guys are playing aggressively. We understand it. But this can't keep on going. You can't keep on holding down the value of your currency, stealing our intellectual property, counterfeiting our products, selling them around the world, even to the United States.” WorldYearsLooksStatesJobsAmericaGuyValuesLosesUnitedUnited StatesProductsIntellectualPropertyChinaSurrenderStealingSellingAround The WorldCurrencyIntellectual Property Author:Mitt Romney
“The GDP approach doesn't address many aspects of human life: health, education, political liberty, religious liberty, employment opportunities. And these are not all that well correlated with gross domestic product. We also have to think about equality among groups. And freedom of speech and religion. China always ranks near the top of developing countries these days, but there are lots of things we might see as lacking in China.” ThinkingHumansWellsCountryMightPoliticalOpportunityReligiousLibertyGroupsProductsSpeechApproachAspectChinaEmploymentDevelopingThese DaysHuman LifeAddressesFreedom Of SpeechLackingGrossGdpReligious LibertyDeveloping CountriesGross Domestic ProductHealth EducationEmployment Opportunities Author:Martha C. Nussbaum