Yes I've been to China and in a way I supported China's growth by founding a sunglasses marketing and distribution company when i was 18 that grew exceptionally

Yes I've been to China and in a way I supported China's growth by founding a sunglasses marketing and distribution company when i was 18 that grew exceptionally well in New Zealand (50% market share for under $20 price point). Our manufactures were in Guangzhou and Xiamen. One thing that struck me when I was in China once was that human life didn't seem as valued as in the West. This planted a seed that had a profound influence on my thinking. At that time I didn't think about ethics in our supply chain, my focus was solely on survival and then growth... but as I've gotten older I've seen how that's part of the problem. Consumers generally don't see the whole picture and they largely don't care. The theory goes if consumers did start to care, and changed their purchasing habits accordingly, the whole supply chain would be forced to change.