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Thank you Tao for posting her comments. I couldn’t agree her more on: China is producing for the world at the cost of its own environment and sustainability. In reality, I think the cost is far more than that, and not just costing their own environment and sustainability, but the rest of the world. What is the rest of the world doing? Don’t you heard the news reporting the price of oil is increasing because China and India now consuming more. It is okay that most developing countries (such as USA) have been the major contributors to the consumption of the world resources on oil for decades. But, it is wrong if “the third world” countries need to share more of the world resources for their economic development after they have been not in the picture for decades. Think about it. Do you think the Western buyers will transfer their latest environmental and sustainable production infrastructure and knowledge to Eastern manufacturers for free or at low cost? For a country as rich as USA, we all know how much their government honuors the Kyoto treaty. Territories prevention is far more important than environmental protection. Tibetan Antelope was once nearly extinct because of the high demand of its wool in European market. It was not until the world organization banned on the trade of Tibetan Antelope products, then the animal’s reproduction was able to back to normal. The world is one. It is not about the price tag on yours or mine, it is the one earth that we shared. What individual can do at home? Will fair trade concept one of the solutions? Wendy Siuyi Wong