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Health See other Health Articles Title: Tourists from China empty Japanese pharmacies Want... "Miracle medicines" made in Japan have been widely discussed on China's internet, with many Chinese visitors emptying out stocks of these items, according to Xinhuanet. There is a shopping list making the rounds online created by Chinese travelers who have visited Japan. On the list, toilet seats and nonprescription medicines are listed with other must buy items. Kobayashi Pharmaceutical said its sales has grown 5-folded compared with last year. Products such as cooling patches for fevers, mosquito bite ointments and other vitamins have all been slod out largely due to Chinese tourists. Xinhua explained that the reasons for such a buying craze may be the yen's depreciation, good branding by Japanese companies, and more Chinese tourists who are willing to visit Japan. Japanese pharmaceutical companies said that almost every family in the country generally prepares a first-aid kit in the house. Companies have therefore offered several new and good quality nonprescription medicines to Japanese people. Yet because of the high quality and low price, Chinese tourists are fascinated by their products. Japanese companies have also specialized products for their users. If it is a children's medication, they would get packaged with cartoon pictures. If it is a feminine hygiene product, the packaging reflects that. Such designs and specialized packages are things that havn't developed in China, said Xinhuanet. Among the 4,000 big pharmaceutical companies in China, there are less than 5% which produce medicines especially for children. One reason for such a shortage is that the cost of production is too high so almost no companies want to invest their time and money on it. Last year, Chinese author Wu Xiaobo published an article discussing the Chinese behavior of buying out other countries' products. He concluded that the root of the problem is that Chinese consumers have no confidence in their products. Devoting more resources and energy to develop better quality Chinese products is the only way to avoid Chinese buying out the world. Poster Comment: Chinese consumers have no confidence in their products How could that be? Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
#1. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
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Good question. Maybe they know some are made specifically to sicken Westerners? From what I've heard of Chinese behavior, no huge surprise that they consider toilet seats a miracle drug :-)
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