http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081019/ap_on_re_as/as_china_factory_woes

Interesting take - whether realistic or not, the blame on companies like Wal-Mart is intriguing, in a horrible I-don't-want-to-lost-my-job-and-starve-to-death kind of way.

there is a book called The Cost of Low Prices, good read.