The Wild Wild East

A Western reporter tried to visit the Chinese factory that made the Thomas the Train toys with the lead paint, he was detained for hours and hours as an industrial spy. Thanks to corruption and a weak regulatory regime, factories in China have felt free to cut corners and produce substandard, shoddy, and sometimes dangerous goods. The ChiCom government should focus less on restricting speech and access to information and more on setting basic life-preserving standards for industry.