I am finally finished with all of my Christmas shopping. What a job. This year seemed much harder since I was on nerve about making sure my daughter’s toys were safe. Do you know that even the Chinese are buying toys from other countries because of all of the recalls…..

SHANGHAI, China - When freelance writer Wang Jian shops for toys
for her 5-year-old son, she’s happy to pay extra for Legos blocks and
Japanese-brand train sets.

The
reason, she and other parents say: Foreign brands enjoy a reputation
for higher quality — a perception reinforced by the product scares of
recent months.

I’m not sure why this surprised me but it did. You would think that they would raise the standards if their own people won’t buy the stuff.