It would be interesting to know - from someone knowledgeable, like Thumperdart, for example - how well or poorly that carb works.
That said, I wouldn't want to be the guinea pig.

As far as cheap Chinese goods, how many times do we see: "What's the cheapest XXXX ?" Another example: the size & profitability of WalMart...
Bottom line is we pretty much have ourselves as a society to blame, with the caveat that prices for goods have outpaced wages, which is in a way a vicious circle.
Cheap offshore stuff = shrinking domestic production = weaker domestic wages = opportunity for cut-rate goods (and services).