Comments for 0 at http://www.tradereform.org , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.tradereform.org Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:58:32 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.tradereform.org/content/view/1081/52/#comment-156 Another week, another tragedy in China. One lesson to be drawn is that it's hard to police the huge number of plants involved in food production in China. On that score, I have some sympathy for well-meaning Chinese officials. But listen to complaint of the New Zealand minority (43%) partner, Fonterra. According to the prime minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark, company officials had been "trying for weeks to get official recall [of the tainted milk powder], and the local authorities would not do it." Li Changjiang, minister of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine was quoted in the New York Times as saying: "It's shocking. It's a crime against the people." This is what passes for private enterprise in China. The government -- i.e. local and provincial Communist Party officials -- call the shots, and they call them to their own advantage. Damn the foreign partners. Damn the public. Damn the kids. - China Watcher Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:57:53 +0100