China’s Tainted Milk

China’s Tainted Milk

  • Submitted By: diandra
  • Date Submitted: 03/11/2009 10:55 PM
  • Category: Social Issues
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China has been known for its worldwide imports. China produces a variety of manufactured goods, from toys until automobiles (Minimum Wage, China vs India, par. 1). In 1949, it started its industry with producing only few products which were yarn and coal. Then, the Chinese government expanded its planned scale where industries began to produce more variety of products: “metallurgical, mining and energy industries, airplane and automobile industries… petrochemicals, computers, telecommunication equipment, instruments and meters, and aeronautics” (Industrial Introduction of China par. 2). In 1978, China opened itself to the world leading to a developing industry (par. 2). Even though China has made such an amazing growth of industry, China disappointed the world because of its tainted milk scandal which brought misfortunes to consumers.
Many countries have been receiving exports from China because China has been known for its cheap labour (Minimum Wage, China vs India, par. 1). For example, on July 2006 - July 2007, in Shenzhen and Guangzhou, people are paid 4.66 Yuan per hour which is equivalent to US$0.58 (Minimum Wage, China vs India, par. 7). This is one of the reasons why many foreign countries want to produces manufactured goods in China. In my opinion, in other countries, labour is highly appreciated; therefore, people are paid with high salary; therefore, total cost of production will be higher in countries other than China. Take British Columbia, Canada, for example. Up until September 10th, the government has set British Columbia’s minimum wage to be $8.00 per hour (Minimum Wage in Canada). Since China’s labour wage is so low, I believe foreign companies can maximize their profits.
Even though China’s labour’s wage is low, its quality of product has not been at its best. Structures within industries are still unreasonable (England par. 3). Safety regulations are not strict enough that some products were banned from countries because of the products’...

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