What else is made in China?

Cruelty. It's mass produced along with all the widgets and gew-gaws Americans apparently cannot live without.

The Chinese are cruel to their women -- forced abortions are the norm.
They are cruel to their political prisoners -- self explanatory.
They are cruel to their Christians -- churches are closed, Bibles are banned, and the faithful can be imprisoned.
And, leaving no one out of the circle of madness, the Chinese are cruel to their animals.

Yep, WorldNetDaily reports that the Chinese don't meet even the minimum standards of animal care when it comes to creatures raised for food or fur.

I don't eat meat. This is a personal choice.
I don't wear fur. This is also a personal choice, albeit one I'm more likely to share with folks whether they want me to or not. Fur clothing makes sense if you live anywhere inside the Arctic Circle, otherwise it's vanity as well as downright tacky.

But many Americans don't share my disgust at the thought of having skinned animal remains draped over their shoulders or covering their backs, consequently they buy fur coats, fur purses, fur trimmed gloves, scarves, and all other manner of foolishness.

You know those cute fuzzy toys that look like long-haired rabbits or cats that you see in some import stores? If the fur is very soft and silky and the toy was made in China you can be fairly certain some animal died a horrific death as part of the manufacturing process.

Here in America, when we kill our animals for fur we use "humane" things like anal probes that shoot hundreds of volts of electricity into their victims. This kills the fox or ermine or raccoon or whatever critter some moron wants to wear without damaging the pelt.

But China isn't nearly as sophisticated. The Chinese have been caught on film by both Swedish and American animal welfare organizations skinning their animals ALIVE. Literally.

Foxes, dogs (!), raccoons -- not stunned, not anesthesized first in any way. Just scooped up and skinned as they screamed and writhed in unimaginable agony.

All in the name of profit, vanity, and foolishness.

And, yes, a dog can scream. (I used to work at an animal shelter and witnessed severely injured dogs being treated, but not before they made such a ruckus we all nearly went deaf.)

There's not much we can do to change the mindset of another culture. After all, the Chinese could easily point the finger back at us for the way in which some of our livestock are handled before they are slaughtered for food.

But there IS a lot we can do individually and collectively to stop the fallout of Chinese animal cruelty for the sake of fashion from coming ashore.

If you have a choice between buying a product made in China and one made elsewhere, choose Elsewhere.

If you have a choice between buying the "real" fur covered toy or item of clothing and one that's made of synthetic or "faux" fur, choose the latter.

The Chinese government is not interested in treating its citizens humanely, and its animals are treated even worse.

Just say no to China-made goods!