Adidas outsources 97% of its global production to 3rd party manufacturers based largely in Asia. With 35% of this going to china. This has been done to reduce costs due to the laidback labour laws. However it causes several problems, concerns have been voiced before about the quality of the products being produced in Asia. As well as this the lack of labour laws, especially with children working in the factories opens Adidas up to all sorts of criticism.