Aaron Rodriguez
Economics 201
Professor Castillo
January 13, 2016
Christmas without China
Christmas without China illustrates the challenge by a Chinese American film maker named Tom to an American family to live a whole month without using products made in China. His father was confused on why he is trying to get people not to use Chinese products but Tom later revealed to his father that he was trying to get Americans to realize that China is not their enemy but is there to help America in getting products cheaper. The family accepted this challenge because they thought that Chinese products were full of lead and poisonous to them. Every time the family went out to go shopping for the holidays they looked at the product and tried to avoid things that were made in China. Soon they found that they were spending more money and working harder to get things that were half the quality of the products that were made in China. The family began to appreciate the things that China can provide to America and didn’t look at them as adversaries anymore. This movie illustrates how China is a vital part to the American economy because they create good quality products to Americans at a cheaper price then getting the same products from America or other countries and how china specializes in the creation of assembled products.
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