New York Times: Why Lead in Toy Paint? It’s Cheaper

Or maybe Chinese people intrinsically have a lower set of moral values? Raging red-capitalist opportunism? The dog is getting to their brains? (Sarcasm blunt enough?)

No, it's never been acceptable to allow lead contaminants in sight of anything touched by children; the stake of the issue is out of question. But if you don't feel a tinge of American xenophobia in this latest journalistic fad, take another look. Welcome to the new "yellow peril".