From China With Love

Now that everything is made in China, it's interesting to see the ways companies try to make us feel good about it.

Kelly bought leg-warmers for Elliot that claim to be "made with love in China." (We'll debate whether Elliot needed leg-warmers in a separate post.)



I'm not sure how they put the "with love" clause into their manufacturing contracts.

Then there's Apple famous message: "Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China." (It makes the assembly part seem like a small afterthought.)



UPDATE: Apparently Microsoft's Zune (a competitor to the iPod) has its own take on this. It says "Hello from Seattle...assembled in China."



Technically, Microsoft is located in Redmond, Wash.