Asbestos in The Great Wall..??

It seems 25000 Chinese cars sold in Oz are to be recalled for using asbestos in exhaust gaskets. That would seem to be a clear indication that inspections of Aust.
standards are fairly casual, but I suppose non asbestos gaskets "look" the same.
Apparently asbestos has been a no no since 04 ,but was widely used prior to that &
auto tecnicians were supposedly taught the correct way to handle them. I doubt
the current gaskets will cause any undue health issues, as exhausts dont seem to be
the hopeless articles of past times, due to decent steel & better construction methods.
Strangley enough, even the doomdsayers of Chinese auto quality have gone quiet of
late....sales targets have been exceeded & the roads dont appear to be littered with
dead Great Walls etc...but I can still hear the laughter when Honda first had cars in
Oz too..:))))). I'm not about to buy one, but it"s all interesting..isnt it?
cheers....oldbaz.