Originally Posted by Mike33

As an analyst was saying in a news interview. The reason why manufacturers have moved production to China is because there is less regulation there. That cuts costs (or increases profits, whichever way one wants to see it). Less regulation means potentially more dangerous products. These problems will continue to crop up (as they have in foods and numerous other products we get from China) because China lacks any oversight or regulatory bodies. The only way to change this is for American consumers to force companies to check their imported products before putting them in stores.