China’s world-beating manufacturing standards are once again under scrutiny after an exploding monitor incident, with the maker claiming that this is the first exploding monitor it has encountered “but there have been cases of the PCs themselves exploding.”
The PC, made in China, was owned by a 22-year-old woman, a resident of China’s Zhejiang province.
According to her report, she had just started up the PC and left her seat when she heard a loud bang, turned around and discovered the PC’s monitor to be crackling and spewing flaming fragments and smoke “like a volcano.”
She was unharmed by the explosion, but flames soon began to spread to her desk, curtains and wallpaper. Fortunately, her screams summoned a neighbour, who assisted her in extinguishing the flames.
Both computer and monitor are said to have been the products of the same manufacturer, bought in 2008. The monitor had apparently been defective from the start, but she used anyway, until May of 2011 when it became unusable and she had the maker replace it. The monitor was serviced with “official” parts and returned.
The manufacturer’s response is less than reassuring:
“This is the first time one of our monitors has exploded, although there have been cases of the PC itself exploding.”
Using a PC in China appears to be a rather fraught experience indeed.
Problem is that mainland Chinese have very few ethics in product manufacturing that shows capitalism’s dark side:
* School buildings that were not earthquake-resistent in Szechuan quakes a few years ago.
* Baby milk with melamine.
* Toys made with lead.
And every time good hearted foreigners or “their supposed brothers, Taiwan and HK” tell them to smarten up, they reply with: This is our country, do not interfere with our internal politics.
How can you teach someone who is not willing to learn?
why am I so happy this happened
suddenly i wish i was an american red neck instead
china has gained a -1 rep with all other countries yet again
Wonder how long it will be until China’s “supercarrier” explodes spontaneously.
the new china war tactics they employ is gonna be real effective. make everything explode and export them.
assassination has never been this easy, no need for slipping in agents now.