Consumers Call for Boycott of Chinese-Made Goods

(CNSNews.com) - Retailers all over the U.S. are receiving thousands of calls and e-mails from consumers urging a boycott on Chinese-made goods, causing several retailers to warn Chinese diplomats that they will seek new suppliers unless the 24 crewmembers of the downed spy plane in China are returned promptly. According to the New York Times, complaints have been pouring into Kmart headquarters in Troy, Mich., urging the company to stop buying fishing rods, t-shirts, shoes, electronics and other products from China. Concerns are also rising because many customers are annoyed that so many products have "made in China" labels when Americans are currently being held in that country. "Our customers are telling us to quit doing business in China-that they're not going to buy things made there anymore," said Dale Apley, Kmart's vice president of public policy. "These are just people taking time out of their schedule to contact us. How many other people are thinking the same thing?" Apley added that Kmart had no plans to pull Chinese goods off the shelves just yet and would like to keep doing business with Chinese factories, but Kmart has warned Chinese business contacts that the company would have no choice but to "diversify its suppliers" unless the matter was resolved quickly.

-- Anonymous, April 11, 2001

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-- Anonymous, April 11, 2001

Yep, they work. Thanks, Sheeps.

When a friend discusses a problem with me, I often euphemize, "But you're giving them the bullets to shoot you with." In the case of buying Chinese imports, we are quite literally giving them the money to buy the bullets to shoot us with. Sure, other countries may buy their stuff, but we have nearly 300 million potential consumers here and more disposable income than other countries (except perhaps Saudi and the UAE, who don't want lighthouses for their sandy front yards anyway). Let's tell the store help, "This is made in communist China--do you have a similar item made in the US? I don't care if it costs more." No need to make a big fuss but make sure other customers overhear.

-- Anonymous, April 11, 2001