[Lee Yuan Sheng]

It really is, isn't it? And I don't claim to have a quick and easy solution. All I can say is that we should try to make the right choices, but even then it isn't easy. Don't buy Made in China products? That's just not possible in the current climate, unless you want to live like a hermit. Do research on which companies extend their safety procedures to their Chinese factories? As reflected in the article, that's plain impossible. If you read the article's comments thread, it took someone living there for over a decade to know where all the 3rd to 15th tier outsourced-outsourced factories are. What are we going to do? Even auditor's reports aren't always reliable, and having studied financial reporting, I'm not sure if anyone wants to...

PS. While looking up this thread, I saw the rant by Damion's wife again. I think it rings true. I think if we focus on buying less but better goods we might see the model change. Or maybe not. After all, hey, cheap workers = greater profits.