Toys riffing on China’s hottest online idiom, “calling a rat a duck,” were yanked from online shelves this past week, a sign of the idiom’s continued political sensitivity. The tongue-in-cheek saying “calling a rat a duck”...
Kyodo reports allegations of continuing labor abuses at four Chinese factories supplying Japanese...
At The New Yorker, Ted Trautman describes how Lego went from near bankruptcy in 2004 to the...
In March, Danish toymaker Lego announced plans to build its first Chinese factory to help satisfy...
Danish toymaker Lego is to start work on its first Chinese factory in Zhejiang next year. The plant will help satisfy demand in Asian markets where sales have been growing at over 50% per year, boosted by rising middle classes...
Corporate responsibility organisation Sacom has accused a Shenzhen toy factory, whose customers include Disney, Mattel and Walmart, of labour abuses such as forced, excessive overtime and employment of underage workers. It also...
The China Daily reports that toy stocks in India have plummeted and prices have skyrocketed due to India’s ban of China-made toys: Indian toy dealers are running out of stocks of toys and prices of toys have soared by 30...
In January, the Indian government banned the import of Chinese toys into India. In response, China threatened to challenge the ban at the WTO. Currently, India is arguing that the ban is necessary for public safety:...
China may take action against India’s decision to temporarily ban Chinese toy imports. The Times of India reports: China plans to move the World Trade Organisation challenging India’s decision to ban Chinese toy...
The government of India has placed a six-month ban on toys manufactured in China. The Indian government did not say why it placed the ban, but it is thought to be in response to what the government perceives as Chinese...
Barbara Demick reports for the LA Times, from Dongguan, China: Growing up in the Chinese countryside with only an elementary school education, Yang Yanjun had never heard of Christmas until she landed a job painting pink-cheeked...
Toy manufacturing companies have received huge hits since the 2008 economic crisis, with the most recent example being the November 25th closure of the Guangdong Kai Da Manufacturing factory. Once key factors in China’s...
As China’s share of the U.S. toy market has grown, so have the number of “made-in-China” toys that have had to have been recalled for safety hazards. From the New York Times: China manufactured every one of the 24 kinds of toys recalled for safety reasons in the United States so far this year, including […]
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