MDA International Edition: What’s Going on with China?
Posted By Worker Bee On July 3, 2007 @ 3:38 pm In Health,Worker Bees' Weekly Bites | No Comments
Everywhere we look, it’s China in the news. Talk about growing pains. China, get it together!
First, the head of the State Food and Drug Administration accepted upwards of $850 thousand dollars in bribes to approve drugs [3]. He was sentenced to death (imagine if we did that here).
Then, there were the various product scares: toothpaste [4], pet food [5], and toys [6]. Hmm. Local is looking better and better, but we Americans sure love our cheap stuff.
Next, it turns out Beijing officials pressured the World Bank to cover up a very dirty fact [7]: smog in China kills hundreds of thousands of people every year.
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How has globalization affected you, for better or for worse?
Some conversation starters: drugs from Canada, AIDS in Africa, food from afar, and dare we say it? Wal-Mart.
Technorati Tags: China [9], globalization [10], food supply pet food [11], toothpaste [12], product scares [13]
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[3] bribes to approve drugs: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18911849/
[4] toothpaste: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/02/us/02toothpaste.html?ex=1183608000&en=f9f3574a7dfc810f&ei=5070
[5] pet food: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18854121/
[6] toys: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6697591.stm
[7] very dirty fact: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6265098.stm
[8] Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/martyn/21143637/#comment72157600626351569
[9] China: http://technorati.com/tag/China
[10] globalization: http://technorati.com/tag/globalization
[11] food supply pet food: http://technorati.com/tag/food+supply+pet+food
[12] toothpaste: http://technorati.com/tag/toothpaste
[13] product scares : http://technorati.com/tag/product+scares
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