The markets I look around in the city are huge-sized since these are spread over acres of landed area unlike we find in our sub-continent, in comparably quite small land holdings. Another prominent aspect of the markets here is almost every single
small or big item offered also has a hidden space below somewhere the item- Made in China,
something strange for visitors like me in particular, may be witnessed. These are mainly the consumer goods. Once we visited a weapons shop in the WalMart, we were told that this had different types of rifles only. Hence on production of his driving licence as a necessary condition for purchase of such weapons here, I had an opportunity to see the two types of rifles each costing around $ 400, i.e. Rs. 25000- 27000. These were both light-weight and one of these with an in-built telescope, may be detachable. One without the telescope was semi-automatic. I found both much easy to handle. One of these had a punch hallmark namely, West Field. I however found these to be U.S. produced. Our ancestral .22 bore rifle was of U.S. make. It was of Winchester Co., made in the year 1877 about 140 years ago. I sense the difference of technology in the making of such weapons. I fully enjoyed this trip to the weapons shop.
Here we find no Chinese vehicles but the Japanese vehicles may be seen in plenty in every corner.In Bihar, we had a plethora of Chinese consumable items, out of which many are eatables like fruits in particular. In fact we as a student of economics study the effects of the comparative cost issues in international trade. But you see the American economic behavior, the causes of the same become more relevant because here we have an already advanced economy accommodating the products of other countries to show their presence in accordance with the maneuvring of market-mechanism which means the pressures of market demand in relation to the quality, price and similar other qualifications. This I write with a special reference to a sofa-set lying inside the drawing room which is very comfortable to sit and we had demanded on-line its suitable cover. This sofa set was of the Chinese make and hence its cover as demanded on-line was accepted to be supplied by the Chinese manufacturer through shipment from China and was delivered much before the scheduled date of delivery as a happy surprise for each of us. Later the cover was fitted and proved to be of its exact size and fitness. It indeed has added to its charm satisfying all of us.
small or big item offered also has a hidden space below somewhere the item- Made in China,
something strange for visitors like me in particular, may be witnessed. These are mainly the consumer goods. Once we visited a weapons shop in the WalMart, we were told that this had different types of rifles only. Hence on production of his driving licence as a necessary condition for purchase of such weapons here, I had an opportunity to see the two types of rifles each costing around $ 400, i.e. Rs. 25000- 27000. These were both light-weight and one of these with an in-built telescope, may be detachable. One without the telescope was semi-automatic. I found both much easy to handle. One of these had a punch hallmark namely, West Field. I however found these to be U.S. produced. Our ancestral .22 bore rifle was of U.S. make. It was of Winchester Co., made in the year 1877 about 140 years ago. I sense the difference of technology in the making of such weapons. I fully enjoyed this trip to the weapons shop.
Here we find no Chinese vehicles but the Japanese vehicles may be seen in plenty in every corner.In Bihar, we had a plethora of Chinese consumable items, out of which many are eatables like fruits in particular. In fact we as a student of economics study the effects of the comparative cost issues in international trade. But you see the American economic behavior, the causes of the same become more relevant because here we have an already advanced economy accommodating the products of other countries to show their presence in accordance with the maneuvring of market-mechanism which means the pressures of market demand in relation to the quality, price and similar other qualifications. This I write with a special reference to a sofa-set lying inside the drawing room which is very comfortable to sit and we had demanded on-line its suitable cover. This sofa set was of the Chinese make and hence its cover as demanded on-line was accepted to be supplied by the Chinese manufacturer through shipment from China and was delivered much before the scheduled date of delivery as a happy surprise for each of us. Later the cover was fitted and proved to be of its exact size and fitness. It indeed has added to its charm satisfying all of us.
I would like to see a photo of the sofa with its cover.
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