The Coming China Wars: Where They Will Be Fought and How They Can Be Won, Revised and Expanded Edition

Crash Dummies on the Volga

Add another product to the list of Chinese exports whose safety is being called into question: cars. In one of the few crash tests to date of a Chinese-made vehicle outside China, a Chery Amulet sedan’s front end folded like a concertina in a recent trial in Moscow. The Russian car magazine that organized the test said it was one of the worst performances ever and called upon Chery Automobile Co. to withdraw the car from the market.

—Wall Street Journal

It’s not just agricultural products and low-priced toys and trinkets that consumers have to fear when it comes to the “Made in China” label. As Chinese manufacturers move up the value chain into bigticket items like automobiles and aircraft and top-line pharmaceuticals, ...