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Toying With China

Brian Wingfield at Forbes Magazine has a story, entitled "Toying With China," on the recent Senate hearing on toy safety. Wingfield sees the hearing as "having less to do with safety concerns than with ongoing economic disputes with China." I agree.... ...full story at China Law Blog

from China Law Blog on Sun, Sep 16 2007

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