frogbites thought #19

I had a peanut butter craving last night, but I had second thoughts when I saw:

It's made in China.  It's a local brand, but it's made in China.

With a lot of sinophobia going around these days, for a split second there I wanted to have the peanut butter tested for mercury, lead and aflatoxin levels.

And it's not just the local peanut butter that's been from China.  Jollibee's Kiddie Meal toys are from China, clothes wear Bench and  Penshoppe have their apparels made there too.  And there are more examples out there, where known Filipino brands use and market Chinese-made products.  And it's pretty much understandable: low wages, low product costs.  It's good business.  And it also does not necessarily mean that everything coming from China is substandard.  (We hope.)

Someone told me that China's economy is in trillions of dollars and they can easily bankrupt a country like ours.  They've conquered us, even before F4.

Anyway, in the end, knowing that the peanut butter came from China didn't discourage me from preparing a sandwich and eating it.  I was hungry. 

That must be it.  We're all hungry.  How to feed 6 billion using the least amount of dollars?  Darn globalization. ^_^'