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"Product safety is unusually sensitive in China following scandals over the past decade in which infants, hospital patients, and others have been killed or sickened by phony or adulterated milk powder, drugs, and other goods. Sheldon Lavin, chairman and chief executive of Aurora, Ill.-based OSI Group, said in a statement."
And they are worried about the pork over here?
And where is product safety not a sensitive issue?
Also see:
Chinese officials visit Microsoft offices" by Andrew Jacobs and Chris Buckley | New York Times
China reports deadly attack in northwest
Crackdown on corruption in China targets ex-security chief" by Chris Buckley and Andrew Jacobs | New York Times
I have to get a new menu.
NEXT DAY UPDATE:
"Violence has sharply increased over recent months in Xinjiang, where radicals among the native Turkic Muslim Uighur minority have pursued a campaign to overthrow Chinese rule."
Smells like Al-CIA-Duh to me.
Late word is that the terrorists have now struck Taiwan.
I'm hoping you can see why I'm no longer happy with the Chinese dishes the Globe is serving me. If not, sorry.