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As President Hu Jintao meets with President Obama in Washington, we are taking a closer look at our dependence on China. Takeaway listeners have been weighing in all things “made in China.” A listener from South Carolina texted, “I bought organic kidney beans to make chili, checked the bottom of the can and sure enough…product of China.”

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