In all this discussion of whether to avoid Chinese-made products and whether that's even possible, I have not yet seen any mention of working conditions in Chinese factories. I also haven't seen very much anywhere to suggest that such conditions are acceptable by western standards.

It just occurred to me to wonder how our (including mine with my Yaqin tube buffer) moral position in this area differs from that of happy 19th-century wearers of cotton clothing they could afford because the cotton for it was produced by slave labor.

Casuistry time!