[quote]http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iVB-nOosbOzma_uatvGuDrXOY3xQ
An educational globe toy portraying Taiwan as a part of China at the insistence of Beijing is to be withdrawn, the Japanese firm that makes it said Thursday
The 29,400-yen (270-dollar) globe, manufactured in China by Japan’s Gakken Toys Co. Ltd.,
The globe shows “Taiwan Island” and says that it is “the People’s Republic of China,” the official name of communist mainland China, which claims the island.
Gakken said it received complaints and apologised for its “inappropriate expression and display” on the globe.
“The place of production was China,” he said. “The Chinese government’s stance was that we could not export unless we changed the expression.”
“We obeyed it although we had wavered on if we should follow the Chinese instructions or give up” on the product, he said. “We have faced accusations that we lack common sense.”[/quote]
So sad. At 29,400 yen retail the profit margin must be astronomical since manufacturing was in the PRC. They must have gotten a discount when they changed the nomenclature of Taiwan to PRC.