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BEIJING: China railed Thursday against "slander" of its economically vital toy exports on Thursday, a day after US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton warned of a tide of dangerous Chinese-made Christmas gifts.
"The government is conscientious when it comes to product quality and safety... Any slander or exaggeration of facts is irresponsible," commerce ministry spokesman Wang Xinpei said at a regular briefing.
Wang was asked to respond to Clinton's comments that more needed to be done to protect American children following 72 recalls of toys so far this year, the vast majority of them made in China.
"The majority of the problems in China's toy exports are due to design faults by (foreign) importers or designers," Wang said.
"We keep a consistent attitude towards criticisms on Chinese product quality and safety and on the "made-in-China" (label) -- they should be objective, fair and scientific." - AFP/ac
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