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On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:36:41 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

>Stay away from Chinese products as much as you can. China produces
>from fake automobile parts to toxic food have killed people around the
>world!!! Mainland Chinese companies do NOT understand business
>ethics!!! So don't kill yourself with your own money!!!
>
>PRC (China) = Poison's Republic of Counterfeit
>
>Oops, better run, those commie thugs will attack me again...

Since you are a Taiwanese, I will give you the exception. The days of
fighting with my Taiwanese brothers to create a scene is over. China
today is fully capable of protecting Taiwan both militarily and
economically. We will live like a family from now on.

>
>
>On Sep 25, 5:02?pm, wrote:
>> http://www.chinaeconomicreview.com/d...1_15/China_dec...
>>
>> 15 January 2008
>>
>> Beijing called a four-month campaign to guarantee food and product
>> safety a "complete success," Reuters reported. The campaign was
>> launched after a series of widely publicized issues surrounding
>> children's toys and pet food sparked international concern over
>> Chinese exports. As part of the campaign, which inspected more than
>> 3,000 toy exporters and manufacturers, China revoked 600 export
>> licenses. China's chief quality inspector also said that the practice
>> of using non-food materials and recycled food in food production had
>> been "basically eliminated." Seeking to allay concerns over food
>> safety in the run-up to the Olympics, Beijing has announced measures
>> to monitor food quality during the games
>>
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>>
>> http://www.japannewsreview.com/socie...31page_id=3877
>>
>> Thursday, January 31, 2008 6:47 pm
>>
>> Over 70 cases of food poisioning from Chinese-made dumplings
>> discovered
>>
>> More than 60 new victims of food poisoning from frozen Chinese-made
>> $)A!0gyoza!1 dumplings have been discovered in 18 different prefectures
>> after the first 10 victims were discovered in Chiba and Hyogo
>> Prefecture on Wednesday. The Japanese government is now urging China
>> to cooperate in investigating the issue, Japanese media reports.
>>
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>>
>> Newest Treat From China -
>> Formaldehyde In Kids Candy
>> Candy Incident Raises Concerns
>> From Dr. Patricia Doyle, PhD From ProMed Mail
>> By Shan Juan
>> The China Daily
>>
>> The (Chinese) government is deeply concerned by reports that some
>> Filipino students have fallen ill after eating Chinese-made milk
>> candies, the spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce said. A special
>> team of food safety experts will be sent to the Philippines if
>> necessary to assist in the investigation, the spokesman said. He
>> declined to reveal the name of the candies.
>>
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>>
>> http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/25/europe/toxic.php
>>
>> Toxic milk in China leads EU to order tests on food imports
>> By Elisabeth Rosenthal
>> Published: September 25, 2008
>>
>> Food containing tainted milk powder from China may be circulating in
>> Europe, potentially putting children at risk, the European Food Safety
>> Authority concluded Thursday. Cookies, toffees and chocolates are the
>> major concerns.
>>
>> In China, milk products contaminated with the industrial chemical
>> melamine have sickened more than 50,000 young children in recent weeks
>> and created a spiraling government scandal.
>>
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>>
>> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,428101,00.html
>>
>> Japanese Cookies Latest Food to Be Tainted by Chinese Milk
>> Thursday, September 25, 2008
>>
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>>
>> New York Times
>> Filler in Animal Feed Is Open Secret in China
>> By DAVID BARBOZA and ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO
>>
>> ZHANGQIU, China $)A!* For years, producers of animal feed all over China
>> have secretly supplemented their feed with the substance, called
>> melamine, a cheap additive that looks like protein in tests, even
>> though it does not provide any nutritional benefits, according to
>> melamine scrap traders and agricultural workers here.
>>
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>>
>> Chinese Milk Banned in Korea, France as Concern Rises
>> By Sungwoo Park and Lee Spears
>>
>> Sept. 25 (Bloomberg) -- South Korea and France banned Chinese dairy
>> products amid escalating international concern about chemical
>> contamination that has killed four infants and sickened 53,000 in
>> China.
>>
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>>
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...74986/Chinese-...
>>
>> Chinese ordered cover-up of tainted milk scandal
>> Chinese authorities ordered a cover-up of a tainted milk scandal that
>> has poisoned tens of thousands of babies because they feared social
>> unrest if the news was made public, The Daily Telegraph has learned.
>> By Richard Spencer in Beijing and Peter Foster in New Zealand
>> Last Updated: 1:51AM BST 25 Sep 2008
>>
>> LESSON: NOTHING MADE IN CHINA IS FIT FOR HUMANS OR PETS.