LIFE WITHOUT “MADE IN CHINA”

The brave family of Sara Bongiorni attempted to look at life without the China wholesale empire. We may often take these products for granted, but in truth, if we take away every single object that has been manufactured by the China wholesale industry, our homes would be pretty bare, life would be so much harder, and not to mention, more expensive. If we even need a reason why the China wholesale industry is thriving and is seemingly affected by the harsh economic problems as it simply continues to grow, we need only to look around us. From clothes we wear, food we eat, gadgets we use, and equipments we rely on, the mark of China can be seen. In the commercial world, the term “Made in China” may just be the most widely printed term of all time. It is, thus, almost impossible to live a life without the China wholesale empire, but Sara Bongiorni and her family attempted to find out what it’s like.
What they realized is that living without the “Made in China” tag was not easy. In her book, “A Year Without ‘Made in China’”, she explained how she and her family started out the year-long project, not to display a spirit of patriotism and not to boycott China products for negative reasons. Bongiorni herself admits the truth that “Made in China” has also brought them a lot of beneficial, useful, and practical stuff. The huge mountains of products that come in wholesale from China are just too irresistible, especially to families who watch every expense. Their main objective, however, was to conduct an experiment and explore the other sources of goods that are available. It is true that a big percentage of the market is dominated by the China wholesale industry. The goods that are bought in wholesale from China are easily accessible and scattered all over the country, that it’s easy to buy a lot of them even without meaning to. It just seems like the most natural and practical thing to do. It took the Bongiorni family a conscious effort to really make the experiment work.
Their experiment started when they stopped buying goods that are made in China. Although they already had a lot of China-made things inside their home, they left the old stuff alone. They simply stopped buying more. She recounted how she was inspired to start the project with just one, long, critical look at the stuff that surrounded her in their house. The television, the Christmas lights, her daughter’s doll, and a lot more items in her house were all China-made. Although she also felt a bit emotionally invested in the project after realizing that China just as well as took over their entire house, she knew that their project would not really have an impact on the manufacturing giant. They just wanted to see how much China has managed to wedge itself into their lives.
During the year they kicked their China habit, they faced a lot of challenges. The first challenge came when their son and daughter needed new shoes. The second challenge came when her husband celebrated his birthday and they needed some candles for his cake. The third challenge was fixing the junk drawer without using a part that was “Made in China”. The fourth challenges came when their blender and television broke down. In the end, she had to endure long shopping hunts, broken home furniture, and dusty leftovers. She also had to spend sixty dollars on Italian and Texan children’s shoes. Finally, one of her sons broke down. Tired of his Danish Legos, he finally complained that “it’s too long without China.”
After the project, what the Bongiorni’s learned was that if we wanted to, it would be easy to bring down the manufacturing giant. We can just ignore the cargo ships bringing in wholesale from China. But the hard truth is that, we just don’t think it’s worth the effort. The time to look for things we need are lengthened, the money we spent are significantly larger, and then, there are still many things that we simply choose to forego for lack of other options. It is possible, but it is hard, costly, and impractical. The thing is, since the products are there, why not? They don’t cost that much anyway.


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