CHINA - The major economic force of this decade

At a store near you

Shopping this past Christmas was a more international experience than we had expected. From two very fashionable, ultra American department stores we brought home one evening a quilt, a set of sheets, three wooden toys, two sets of hand painted stemware and a stained-glass candle holder. Everything but the candle holder was from China; and the candle holder was from Japan. From a manufacturing point of view the score for this short shopping spree was China 7, Japan 1, USA zip, zero, nada.