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Yeah, they're worse than countries that fund terrorism. And the worst thing is their own population is oblivious to all that. It's consumerism in us that led th
by jp0d 5y ago
Yeah, they're worse than countries that fund terrorism. And the worst thing is their own population is oblivious to all that. It's consumerism in us that led them to power. If we all need/want a little bit less or make a conscious effort not to buy things made in countries with a track record of human rights abuse, it's gonna make a difference.
- stanislavb 5y agoThis. I’ve been avoiding “made in China” products for the last ~4 years.
- xtian 5y agoWhat phone do you use?
- kyrra 5y agoApple manufacturers in India and maybe Taiwan soon it looks like. Samsung makes its phones in Vietnam and India. Looks fairly possible to by non china made phones
- jp0d 5y agoIt's important to point out that Taiwan is not part of China, unlike John Cena, who stuttered.
- freddie_mercury 5y agoSamsung doesn't "make" its phones in Vietnam. It assembles its phones in Vietnam using parts imported from China. 5G, battery protection circuits, microphones and speakers... Those are all Chinese in every phone regardless of where it is assembled AFAIK.
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoLikewise the displays are made in Japan or Korea no matter where the phone is assembled, the RAM is made in Korea or Taiwan or Japan, etc...the same proximity boost that China got when they started with assembly.
- nathanyukai 5y agoha, what about products that made by machines that are "made in China"?
- tartoran 5y agoSame, it’s not necessarily about human labor, it will all be automated away eventually. The problem is that our consumerism and the race to the bottom of consumerism (eg lots of short lived or disposable stuff) made it almost impossible to find things not made in China I personally reduced my consumption as much as I could and continue to do so but the Iphone I am typing this on has been made in China, the laptop I use as a daily driver is made in China and so on. My strategy is to squeeze as much use as possible from these as possible to avoid all that
- jp0d 5y agoNice one mate.. It's true. Some of the products are unavoidable. They're being made in China because of corporate greed and demand for cheaper products as a result of consumerism. We don't need to replace a phone or a laptop every 2 years. It's planned obsolescence by many manufacturer. I could be wrong but buying local could make a difference. Especially when China is trying to punish Australia just for asking for an investigation. They've already started bullying others at this stage. Once they surpass the US/NATO in military power, who knows, how's it gonna end for us.
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoMany of those machines are made in Germany, so you can still avoid them for a few years at least.
- morpheos137 5y agoAs a side note funny how Germany has been prosperous without de-industrialising but in the USA the popular sentiment among many seems to have been we can't export our industry faster.
- jp0d 5y agoI expected comments like these. You can't avoid everything, as nearly everything has been outsourced to be manufactured there. But sure we can stop buying useless crap sold at Kmart/Target etc. May be buy clothes made in our own countries. There are still people who do that. May be a little more expensive but more incentive to buy less and support local as well as help the environment. To answer the "phone" question, it's made in Taiwan!
- tomjen3 5y agoThere is a good chance your clothing is made in Bangladesh.
- satonakamoto 5y ago"And the worst thing is their own population is oblivious to all that." Funny,u know things better than people living there. And u just need learnt things from news
- jp0d 5y agoJust an FYI to people who don't agree with me and downvoting me or thinking about flagging this, it doesn't affect me in anyway. The Hackernews karma doesn't feed me or my family. I'm just sharing what I think, without any malice towards the people of China. But I can understand why some might think that way. Just wanted to clarify that I've no personal hatred towards people who live in China. Just like I've no personal hatred towards people living in North Korea and for that matter the Germans who lived in Germany during Nazi rule. Sometimes it's just too late before the people can do anything.
- beaunative 5y agoThis is hilarious. The nazi's finally came. Regardless, China isn't nazi nor is it north korea.
- jp0d 5y agoIt's closing in on that very quickly. :)
- powerapple 5y agoso buying from a country which bombed multiple countries, started multiple wars, and do not buy from a country lifting millions from poverty and keep improving lives of their citizens. Thank you!