70% of the world's umbrellas are made in China.
60% of the world's buttons are made in China.
72% of U.S. shoes are made in China.
50% of U.S. kitchen supplies are made in China.
85% of U.S. artificial Christmas trees are made in China.
80% of U.S. toys are made in China.
9% of Chinese goods sent to the U.S. end up on Wal-mart's shelves.
100% of the unsafe toys recalled in the U.S. in 1007, including Thomas the Tank Engine, were made in China.
6 = The number of months it would take for a Chinese factory worker to earn the cost of a Thomas the Tank Engine train set.
*Statistics courtesy of National Geographic
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