> The Chinese have been dumping their rubbish on the world market for
> years

That is true, but they have also been selling some very good honey as
well.  If all their honey were 'junk', we would have a far smaller
problem.

The big problem with China, for those of us in free market economies --
particularly in countries with hard currencies -- is that Chinese cost
of production is hard to reckon, due to their economic and political
system.  I have heard that the country needs hard currency to purchase
imports and will export items that are non-essential to their economy at
*any* price they can get, regardless of the internal cost.  That makes
it impossible for those of us in non-centralized economies to compete,
since they will sell at any price, and even continued low price will not
reduce production, as it does in free economies.

China is a huge country and very worthy of our respect and attention
Unfortunately we -- as far as I know -- do not have any Chinese list
members.  We did have one once, but that was long ago.  It would be nice
to hear from that 1/4 of the world's population.  They have a lot of
bees and specialized beekeeping practices that we might like to learn.

allen
http://www.honeybeeworld.com/diary/

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