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Mydnight > wrote:
>
>In China, there are no serious inspections to see such a thing done
>and any certification can be bought with the right amount of money or
>copied and printed. I had lunch with someone from the 'something
>something something something department of agriculture something
>something position in Guangdong' (the Chinese love their titles more
>than Westerners), and he avoided all conversation on this topic.


I had a Chinese manufacturer explain to me that their reference standards
were calibrated because they had someone come around every six months and
put stickers on them.
--scott


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