1.   A steady fuss over foreign garbage offers a handy distraction if China is viewed as caving in to U.S. demands in order to avert a trade war.

2.   The same might be said about foreign garbage.

3.   Chinese lawmakers urged Wednesday that strict measures be imposed to restrict the import of foreign garbage and that violators be harshly punished.

4.   Chinese newspapers have been full of reports in past months about foreign garbage mislabeled as recyclable material shipped to China illegally.

5.   In an emergency meeting, the trade ministry has decided to take measures to prevent shipments of foreign garbage into China.

6.   Three Shanghai government departments have agreed to carry out a joint crackdown on imports of foreign garbage, Xinhua reported Monday.