"Ourania Zabuhu" > wrote in message
nk.net...
> Mike Petro wrote:
>> On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 13:24:05 GMT, "Alex Chaihorsky"
>> > wrote:
>
>
>> Sasha speaks the truth here. Alas they do NOT have a solid code of
>> ethics yet in China regarding "truth in advertising" and many such
>> forgeries exist.
>
> They do indeed have a solid code of ethics in China regarding ''truth in
> advertising," Mike. It just doesn't happen to match yours. :-)

I happen to agree with Ourania, despite the fact that I am extremely
irritated by the way products are advertised in China. Here in the US we
also have tons of false advertising its just happen to be not about tea.
Just to read and hear every other minute of yet another "World leader
in..."... May be we should be more upset about our own "fine print"?
If you look at the issue closely you will see that really very few people
are upset about quality and truth while the majority eagerly eats up snake
oils and cannot wait for more. That means that the markets are OK with this
at current levels and as a pure market conservative I have to accept that.
That is why I stopped reading the wrappers. I buy a tea, like it and buy
more, don't like it and throw it away even if it has the authorized
signature of the late Chairman Mao himself. That approach works beautifully
with everything I tried. You can call it anti-branding.

Sasha.