ISAS Insights

China's manufacturing reputation is in trouble. Recently, Mattel, the American toy company, is reported to have recalled more than 400,000 toy cars and 18 million toys worldwide. The China-made and -supplied toys had used lead-based paint and contained small magnets that could prove to be health hazardous and would have serious medical consequences. This was followed by the world famous British toy seller, Hamleys, taking off from its shelves two jewellery products imported from China containing potentially fatal levels of lead