Most people around the world will remember where they were and with whom they shared the historic moment of President Obama’s inauguration speech. For millions of Chinese people, the version which they were allowed to hear was filtered:
“China has censored parts of the new US president’s inauguration speech that have appeared on a number [...]
A recent infant death in China has initiated another investigation of melamine contamination in milk products:
“An investigation is under way in China after a two-month-old baby boy in Jiangsu died soon after being fed baby milk powder for the first time.
The milk powder was produced after strict controls were introduced following last year’s melamine [...]
The internet has placed China in a dilemma. On one hand, China wants to present to the international community as a progressive nation, in all aspects. That was demonstrated by the extent that China focused on the Beijing Olympics. The drawback to technology is that the Chinese government authorities lose control of [...]
The Chinese government has begun re-instituting stricter control over the media. This includes blocking internet sites that the Chinese authorities deem to contravene their domestic laws and/or policies. One of those sites that remains blocked is the New York Times online:
“The Chinese authorities continued blocking access from mainland China to the Web site [...]
The relaxing of controls and the appearance of openness for the Olympic Games seems to have been temporary. China has re-instituted controls on internet access and has begun blocking web sites again:
“…Liu Jianchao, a spokesman for China’s Foreign Ministry, said at his semi-weekly news conference on Tuesday in Beijing that the Chinese government had [...]
China has updated the data on the extent of the melamine scandal. The initial figures were a gross under-estimation:
“BEIJING - China’s Health Ministry said six babies may have died after consuming tainted milk powder, up from a previous official figure of three deaths.
Health authorities across the country also found that 294,000 babies had suffered [...]
It seems that the effects of marijuana were known centuries ago. The marijuana plant may have been highly regarded and part of a burial ceremonies:
“Researchers say they have located the world’s oldest stash of marijuana, in a tomb in a remote part of China.
The cache of cannabis is about 2,700 years old and was [...]
Melamine is an industrial chemical. It is not a natural by-product of foods. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is finding more melamine in infant formula:
“…Thursday, the FDA said two tests of a sample of Nestle’s Good Start Supreme Infant Formula with Iron showed melamine at levels of 137 and 140 parts per [...]
Melamine is an industrial chemical. It is the chemical that has been implicated in the deaths of thousands of household pets when the animal food supply was contaminated. Recently, melamine has contaminated the milk supply in China. Thousands of children were made ill by this chemical. There have been some deaths [...]
The recent news of melamine includes the death of countless number of family pets when the food supply was contaminated. In the past months, there have been reports of melamine in the milk supply in China. Some deaths have been reported. Now there is a evidence of melamine in American infant formula:
“Traces [...]
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