Fearing contamination, Chinese pay more for imported infant goods

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Fearing contamination, Chinese pay more for imported infant goods

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fearing-contamination-chinese-pay-more-imported-infant-goods-025407518.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/UndDEK3IjkabvSALZI9HRg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-07T025407Z_1_CBRE966082D00_RTROPTP_2_CBUSINESS-US-CHINA-MILKPOWDER-DIFFERENCE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A family looks at foreign imported milk powder products at a supermarket in Beijing" align="left" title="A family looks at foreign imported milk powder products at a supermarket in Beijing" border="0" /></a>By Melanie Lee SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Sophie the Giraffe is a teething toy taking over the world one baby mouth at a time. The toy, handmade in France from Malaysian rubber sap, is the rage for parents of toddlers the world over, including China. But the knobby chew toy is priced around $30 in China, nearly three times the price in France. It's not a shock for Chinese parents, who have long lived with imported baby products that are sharply more expensive than elsewhere in the world. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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