# Japan bending to PRC will

**URL:** <https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-bending-to-prc-will/42520>\
**Category:** Taiwan Politics\
**Created:** [January 10, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-bending-to-prc-will/42520 "2008-01-10T18:29:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ac\_dropout](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@ac\_dropout](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/ac_dropout)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-bending-to-prc-will/42520/1 "2008-01-10T18:29:24Z")

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[quote][http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iVB-nOosbOzma\_uatvGuDrXOY3xQ](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An educational globe toy portraying Taiwan as a part of China at the insistence of Beijing is to be withdrawn, the Japanese firm that makes it said Thursday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.

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**Author:** ![mr\_boogie](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/6f9a4e/32.png) [@mr\_boogie](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/mr_boogie)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 4:24am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-bending-to-prc-will/42520/2 "2008-01-11T04:24:13Z")

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I think BBC gets their news done at the same factory…

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**Author:** ![TheGingerMan](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@TheGingerMan](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/TheGingerMan)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 12:45pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-bending-to-prc-will/42520/3 "2008-01-11T12:45:30Z")

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it’s obiously such a worthwhile product that under no circumstances will common sense even be mentioned.

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**Author:** ![mr\_boogie](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/6f9a4e/32.png) [@mr\_boogie](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/mr_boogie)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 1:16pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-bending-to-prc-will/42520/4 "2008-01-11T13:16:23Z")

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I thought the thread name should be:

“Another recall for a Chinese-made toy: Now for political toxicity”…