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1. I always check the country of origin before buying. I still buy China-made products when there's absolutely no other option, but whenever there's an alternative made anywhere outside China (whether higher priced, or even slightly inferior), I buy that instead.

2. Going to fund the development (since I can't do this myself) of a browser plugin to help people find non-China goods on Amazon easily. Just two features: Remove Chinese origin items from the search list, and display a warning on the item page when it's made in China.

3. Support Tibetans by buying things they make, visiting their businesses etc.

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> Going to fund the development (since I can't do this myself) of a browser plugin to help people find non-China goods on Amazon easily.

I published 'Country of Origin : India' browser extension a year ago[1][2] which whitelists made in India products on Amazon(.in) by hiding others. As a research to find if people are really willing to put money where their mouth is, But the latest trade data shows that in-spite of anti-China sentiment being all time high; People are not reflecting it in their purchases[3].

Perhaps it would be different in a country with higher purchasing power, There are other extensions which labels USA, UK etc. which might deserve your funding. But there might not be an extension which blacklists a particular country and wouldn't be surprised if it's against ToS.

[1] Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/country-of-or...

[2] Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/country-of-origin-...

[3] https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/foreign-tr...

Happy to read so many others here are doing #1. The country of origin for where a product was made is a great way to stop funneling your money to China.

I've managed to spread this habit to a few of friends of mine but for the most part most don't seem to care. Often the reason being it's just cheaper to buy Chinese made.

Human greed knows no bounds. Most people seem happy to put their head in the sand. I feel with time this type of movement can grow stronger though.

I do 1 as well. I've held off on buying a waffle iron because I don't need one and I can't find one that isn't made in china.

Where can I follow you on the plug-in? I’d like it too. And also a bit of a down side of current browser finger printing is that ability to infer the different kinds of plugins, in which this is quite a political signal

We'll do a Show HN once we have the basics in place (team, discussion forum etc). Thanks for your interest.

Good point about browser fingerprinting.

I’d use the plugin.

I do 1 very actively and as loudly as possible.

I also do 3 whenever I get a chance, which is rare btw.

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