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Chinese press quiet about export safety scare
August
2007Beijing – Rising global concerns about the safety of Chinese-made
exports, reflected now in a US recall of nearly a million toys, went
virtually unreported in China’s government-controlled press on
Friday.Apart from a vague reassurance that Chinese vegetables were
safe, carried in an English-language paper read mostly by foreigners,
the vast majority of the nation’s print and electronic media kept
silent on the issue.This is despite the fact that China’s toy industry,
which earned $17,8-billion for the nation last year and employs
hundreds of thousands of people, could potentially see a severe impact
from the recall.US-based Fisher-Price said Wednesday it was recalling
967 000 toys including popular Sesame Street and Dora the
Explorer-branded toys over fears their paint could contain excessive
levels of lead.
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