Weird buns that we put in our stomarchs...

Makers of the fake buns said they did not think customers could tell the difference What is happening in China? There are a series of scandals in reactions to food management. Zheng Xiaoyu, former head of the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), was executed on Tuesday for taking some $850,000 in bribes in return for approving the use of certain medicines. Now, CCTV reported that in Beijing, people are selling buns mixed with up to 60% in content of waste paper cupboard with fatty meat, arousing safety alerts on what consumers should really expect the government do to deal with such unethical actions. Few weeks ago, reports indicate that there were new examples of dangerous or below standard Chinese products being circulated globally for daily usage – from toxic toothpaste to children's toys painted with lead-based paint. This brought about international outcry on countries pressuring China to enforce further measures to curb such incidents from happening. Seriously, what is going on with the people in China. I do not think its a government issue. Rather, what is wrong with the people? As long can make money, as long they can earn, many can resort to doing such wrongs in which they can harm the majority of people; dead chickens, waste water pigs, fermented tofu in waste water, now what, buns.. My mindset now: fuck care what's the content. The less you know, the easier you can eat your meal in China now. Totally no security to the soul.. eat just because you need to eat, not because you enjoy...Zzzz quoted: The bao zi filling was made with 60% of waste paper materials In the case of the fake buns the CCTV reporters used hidden cameras to show the lengths the bao zi producers were going to in order to cut costs. To get the right consistency the cardboard was shown being soaked in caustic soda, a poisonous industrial solvent. The owners told the reporter they then mixed it with about 40 per cent fatty meat and the flavour enhancer monosodium glutamate before selling the bao zi in nearby markets. Despite discrepancies in colour and texture, the bun makers - who were shown wearing little more than boxer shorts and flip-flops - said they did not believe customers are able to tell the difference. "Do you eat them?" the CCTV reporter asked the factory owner. "No, I don't eat them," he replied.

The truth about dead chickens

A recent article from CSR Asia by Jacqui Dixon reported that thousands of dead chickens reared in compact chicken farms in China might end up in our human food chain, meaning we somehow or another, we might be eating something that might have consume the dead chickens.

Below is the article from the site:

" Any idea what happens to the thousands of dead chickens that don’t survive battery farming conditions every year? 80 per cent of their carcasses land up in the human food change according to Professor Gaoming Jiang in his article featured on Chinadialogue last week. Details of the study are limited but the findings are quite shocking. China consumes 4.7 billion chickens a year but the very unnatural living conditions are causing thousands of chickens to die each year, despite efforts to keep them alive. And of course, sick and dead chickens are much cheaper than relatively healthy ones which means they land up in sausages or at street stores selling roast chicken. Carcasses should be incinerated on the farm, but in China this option seems to be regarded as too costly. In the long-term eating chickens in China will become much more costly to our health. Gaoming Jiang wrote a rather controversial article last year on how China could improve its farming practices."

I was shocked when I read the article and finally understand why chen-cai-mei wanted to buy fresh chickens killed on site to bring home for cooking. I bet that majority of the people are not aware of the dangers they are involved in as a consumer. The worst part is I cannot imagine such dead chickens being exported out of China to neighbouring countries like Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore! Imagine those people with no ethics package up this dead and maybe sick chickens, process them in some screw know where factories in some undisclosed suburbs, and sell them to us in South-East Asia as some 1SGD Taiwan Sausage! F*ck Man, the more I think about it, the more shivers I feel tinkling down my spine.

I already feel bad enough that I can splurge like most expats here, who can easily go to some Japanese Fusion Restraunt over the weekend to social network with some English wanna be Locals. Eating cheap food on the streets for some cheap 5Rmb per meal does not mean that the source should be from some unknown source of dead carcass. This is as bad as the Fermented TOFU that was created with human faeces somewhere in Shenzhen.

I think I should eat lesser outside, and cook more meals to ensure I will peacefully graduate from my studies here in Shanghai. -broods-

Thousands clash with police in China

source: the news pk

BEIJING: Thousands of protesters clashed with police in eastern China last week after security teams moved in to forcefully relocate families involved in a housing dispute, a rights group said on Sunday.

Residents refusing to move out of their homes threw gas bombs at the security forces, igniting riots on Wednesday in Shengzhou city, Zhejiang province, the Hong Kong-based Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy said.

Up to 20,000 protesters and onlookers were at the scene of the riots that left at least five police cars smashed up, it said.

About 20 people were injured in the clashes involving “hundreds” of police and security personnel, while six rioters were arrested as fire engines were called in to disperse the crowd, it said.

Police in Shengzhou refused to comment on the unrest when contacted by AFP, but a local government official denied that clashes had broken out.

“The police did not call in fire engines to disperse the crowd and tear gas was not used,” the official at the Shengzhou city office told AFP. “The crowd dispersed on their own.”

A news report on the Southern Daily website said a 90-year old woman who refused to leave a four-storey building had hurled gas bombs from the top of the building as security personnel and wrecking teams came to destroy it.

Photos on the Internet showed the building decked out with Chinese flags and protest banners that called for “just compensation” and cited China’s property law which was passed by the national legislature in March this year.

Up to 20 people were living in tents on the roof of the building, as they protested the imminent destruction of the structure to make way for a new road.

The demolition did not go ahead as scheduled due to the unrest.

According to online reports, a petition to save the building had been featured in the leading People’s Daily in March as the state press trumpeted the new property law which details protections for private property.

Forced demolitions of homes has become one of communist China’s hottest social issues as residents accuse government officials of colluding with property developers to requisition land for lucrative real estate projects.

Five Chinese nationals nabbed for cheating elderly woman

source: CNA

SINGAPORE: Two men and three women have been nabbed for their roles in a cheating case.

They had duped an elderly woman into giving them money on Tuesday.

The victim had been waiting to cross the road outside Old Airport Road hawker centre when she was approached by a woman.

The woman asked her to put cash and jewellery in a black trash bag in exchange for a prayer to rid misfortune.

But when she opened the bag after returning home, the elderly woman realised her valuables had been swapped for two bottles of mineral water and a box of soap powder.

The old lady lost about S$55,000 in cash, and jewellery worth some S$700.

The five suspects, all Chinese nationals, will be charged in court on Thursday.

If convicted, they can be jailed up to seven years and fined. - CNA/yy

On ethics, transparency, and events evolving around...

Let's put down the situations faced recently over a couple of months by people I know:

Friend A, a Malaysian, walked into the Consulate General of Malaysia, Shanghai one day. His intention was to apply visa for a Chinese National friend for a trip to West Malaysia. Upon asking what was the fees charged for visa application, it was quoted 400RMB. Friend A paid for the fees. Later, he found out the fees needed for such a visa cost only 80RMB to be exact. He was furious, and went back to the Consulate and demand an explaination. Friend B, who worked inside the Consulate knew that the Chinese national in-charge of the visa application pocketed the money. Now look at the scenario, for everyone who went to apply for Visa, 400-80 = 320 RMB pocketed. If everyday, 10 people went to apply for visa to Malaysia, that will be 3200RMB pocketed, equalling to 1600 ringgit and 640 SGD respectively. One month down the road, cheebye you go calculate, how much lui he pocketed. Why issit that he is able to do it? Is it because there are people inside who also know about the situation, and they are sharing profit from it? Or is it because he holds power and authority within and nobody dares to touch him? Or issit I am given wrong information? o.O

Friend B, who worked in the Consulate, knew that there was an Job application for the role of General Manager available in Consulate of Malaysia, Shanghai. MISS CHINA POWER who was in charge of interviewing possible applicants rejected all applicants, saying that they were not qualified for the role. After a long period of time in which the job remain vacant, the big head[dua tao] in Shanghai asked where are all the right-in resumes, the one responsible said that all the applicants' information were missing. Friend B, knew however, that this was not true. He knew where those applicant's resume were kept. Being, a small fry in the consulate. He decided to remain dumb about the situation. Eventually, MISS CHINA POWER became the general manager of Consulate General Malaysia Shanghai, hiring herself a LESS QUALIFIED STAFF TO BE HER ASSISTANT. Strangely, this time the applicant's resume never disappear. Power right, now one more cheebye kia in control of power, Consulate can be rightfully said still belonged to Malaysia meh?

I know of some Malaysians who dance for events held by the Consulate General of Malaysia. They learnt and dance a couple of folk dances from Malaysia. They are paid each time they dance. On this situation, Miss China POWER decided that hiring Malaysians to dance is very expensive. She decided that in the long run the Malaysians will be replaced by local chinese instead. Her reasons was of course to save cost. Now, Miss China POWER may be doing the right thing. But, what about those Chinese Nationals who are already dancing in the group, does that mean their pay will be lesser? Then, when all the Malaysians don't dance anymore, if one day those who are newly hired.. their pay rise.. this one how to say? NO PORK I TELL YOU! Traditional dance dun let own country people dance, still considered as traditional dance meh? wo ga li kong, lu eh considerate eh name ai mai change to deng nangs considerate general? lu bor power liao lor.. ah thiongs take over your power liao. can dengz chuz liao balek kampong lorzz...

Friend C, another Malaysian, who is serving her internship in a production firm under AAA Airlines, recently approached the Consulate General of Malaysia for help. As Friend C was doing video production in relation tourism, she approached Friend B to submit the proposal to MISS CHINA POWER upon receiving the proposal, without considering whether it is of any beneficial value, rejected the proposal flat. She deemed it advertising gimmick on her own personal judgement. Friend C reluctantly resigned to the decision. However, she continued to try her best in reach out to the Malaysiam Tourism Board. She contacted Sabah about the proposal and Sabah showed interests. For those who do not know, Malaysia is currently promoting her tourism "Visit Malaysia 2007". MISS CHINA POWER dunno know what's she doing or not. Straight away reject without considering to the nation's benifit in promoting the event. You all can consider whether this is an abuse in authority and poor management and judgement skills.

What is the role of the embassy? It is to provide information and linking their citizens in foreign land. Cheebye, now all this kind of things happening seems to be disrupting the standard procedures in relieving and connecting people together. I tell you, if my Singapore embassy in Shanghai got this kind of things happening, ah thiongz more powerful and can make final judgements without discussing with my lao dao in Shanghai, I tell you i really got nothing to say but, ah thiong you super power. I must be recently feeling super dulanz about my inability to write properly due to the knn China ISP here. Maybe my views maybe biased. But still, there are certain elements in which we shoud look at here: Is it write to pocket money here, is it ethical to do things for your own benifits and practice neopotism here?

We can look further at this. Philippines embassy in Shanghai at least tried very hard to pomote thier tourism when Friend C contacted them in such cooperation activities. From lack of knowledge until they know what's going on. This was suppose to be the way in which a channel of proper dissemination of information can take place. I feel a crumbling sadness for those who are affected by such decision made my an alien not belong to the same citizenship. And I sincerely hope that it does not happen globally elsewhere in other embassies. We should take pride of our own nationality and not let others who dunno anything abuse and put effect on decisions of our own nation.

The rest of you all can do ur own brain searching. Maybe knn my blog will be blocked in China. I seriously dun want think so much, just continue to post what I see and hear.

Drug detox center sells patients

Miel 发表于 2007-05-13 01:27:07

Drug detox center sells patients
Beijing Today, Friday, July 25, 2003
Sun Ming

"I didn’t participate in the activity, so they let me go. I knew nothing about the sex-trade before it was exposed." A licensed drug quitting center in Guangzhou decided to boost its income by selling female patients into prostitution. The illegal sex-trade was exposed in March last year. However, even though the Changzhou Drug Quitting Center was closed after the scandal was exposed, and some of the staff were arrested, the heads of the center have not yet been charged.

News Probe, an influential program on CCTV, broadcast the whole story on Monday last week. The program questioned why the heads of the Changzhou Drug Abstention Center are still at large.

Midnight telephone call
Zhao Shilong, a reporter from Yangcheng Evening News, a local newspaper in Guangzhou, received a phone call from a young woman at midnight on March 14 last year. The woman just called herself Awen. She said the Changzhou Drug Quitting Center had sold her to pimps who forced her to be a prostitute. Fortunately, she had escaped to freedom. “I know it’s wrong to take drugs, but I didn’t deserve this punishment,” Awen later tNews Probe.

Shocked by Awen’s story, Zhao arranged to meet her the next day. “She looked like a drug user, pale and very skinny,” said ZhaoAwen, 31, was introduced to drugs by some friends 10 years ago. Her family has tried to help her get over the habit and has spent many thousands of yuan in helping her quit. She has been to four different drug clinics in the past few years in Guangdong Province, and these clinics tend to be pretty expensive. But Awen kept returning to her addiction. On December 2, 2001, police arrived at her small apartment and caught her taking drugs. Two days later, she was sent to the Changzhou Drug Quitting Center.

Four months later, on March 2 last year, two pimps came to the center and took Awen away. In the following four days, Awen was forced to experience the life of a prostitute.

Reporters disguised as pimps
In order to gain evidence, Awen took Zhao and his colleague Gong Ling, a photographer, to the Changzhou Drug Quitting Center in the south of Guangzhou on March 16, 2002. "We were disguised as pimps,” said Zhao. “I couldn’t believe the center coue so terrible. But as Awen told me, they really did sell women into prostitution.”Zhao showed two pictures they took secretly to News Probe. One picture was taken when Shao Liai, a worker at the center, introduced two women to Zhao. The other shows Zhao giving money for them to Shao.

After being informed by Zhao and Awen, Guangzhou police closed the Changzhou Drug Quitting Center on March 19. On December 25 last year, Guangzhou Municipal Procuratorate charged two staff members of the drug center and four local pimps, Mao Zufu, Wang Xianzhen, Ding Chuanju and Peng Anle. The two staff members were Chen Taizhong, a section chief at the center, and Shao Liai, a common worker, but the heads of the center haven’t received any punishment yet.“It’s strange, isn’t it?” Zhao tNews Probe. “I think Luo Xianwen, the director of the Changzhou Drug Quitting Center, should be the major culprit in the center’s sex-trade. And there must be more people who supported Luo in the dark, because Luo himself couldn’t manage the whole thing.Zhao thinks that the heads of the Guangzhou Second Workers Sanatorium are also responsible, because the Changzhou Drug Quitting Center was operated by the Sanatorium.

Sex-trade conducted in reception room
A reporter from News Probe interviewed Awen in Guangzhou on June 14 this year. Awen, who asked for a shadow over her face in the program, said that she hadn’t been able to live a normal life for over a year since she reported her story in March last year. “I don’t dare to go back to my hot own in Chigang, in the suburbs of Guangzhou. I’m afraid those people will take revenge on me or my family,” said Awen. “I won’t feel safe until all the people who supported the sex-trade are brought to justicAwen told News Probe that she was sold in the morning of March 2 last year. At that time she had been at the Changzhou Drug Quitting Center for four months.

“Chen Taizhong, the section chief of the center, told me that two people in the reception room would pick me up. I was quite surprised with the sudden news,” said Awen. “I thought they might be my family. Instead, they were two people she’d never seen before. Besides Awen, there were several other female patients in the reception room.

“Chen told me and two other women to leave with the two guys. I realized that they us to be pimps, because I had heard some rumors about this sex-trade before. I cried out and struggled. I told Chen that I wouldn’t go with them. But he forced me. Our family haven’t paid your expenses here. We can’t serve (sic) you free of charge,” Awen quoted Chen as saying to News Probe.

“Luo Xianwen, the director of the drug center, entered the room when I cried out. "It’s so noisy. Take her away, the sooner the better."I felt despahen I heard that. Even the head of the drug center supported the sex-trade,” said Awen. Awen said she and the two other women were sold for 1,000 yuan each to Mao Zufu and Wang Xianzhen. The three women were taken to Kangle village, Haizhu District, Guangzhou.

Escape to freedom
“We arrived there in the afternoon that day. The pimps ordered us to take a shower first and then put on some make up. In the evening, around 8pm, a female pim took us to a dark street.”On the street, Awen encountered several other women whom she had met in the Changzhou Drug Quitting Center before. “The pimp told us to just stand there. I wanted to escape, but the pimp always kept a certain distance from us. She told us that if we tried to escape, they could always catch us and then they would beat us to death,” said Awen who was forced to service clients for the following four days.On March 6.

Awen escaped with another women when the pimp who was watching them went to the bathroom. Awen got in a taxi and hurried to a friend’s home in downtown Guangzhou and stayed there for a whole week.On March 14 she decided to report the case to Yangcheng Evening News, an influential newspaper in Guangzhou.

Sex-trade conducted since 2001
“The Changzhou Drug Quitting Center conducted its sex-trade for at least a year,” an unnamed tired worker from the Guangzhou Second Workers Sanatorium told News Probe. The retired worker revealed that the sex-trade had happened occasionally and in secret before, but after March 2001 the drug center began to sell female patients two or three times a week and usually seven or eight people were sold at a time. The price ranged from 500 to 1,000 yuan.

He explained that all the drug quitting centers in Guangdong Province which were not established by the departments of public security were to be shut down by 2002. The Changzhou Drug Quitting Center, which was established by Guangzhou Second Workers Sanatorium in 1991, wanted to make more money before it was closed. Another inside source revealed that the drug center usually chose patients whose hometown was outside Guangdong Province, because they rarely contacted their families.

“Helping drug users recover involves a very heavy economic burden, so a lot of the patients had simply been given up by their families. The drug quitting center just took advantage of this to conduct the sex trade,” said the insider.

Head people involved
According to Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court, Chen Taizhong and Shao Liai, the two arrested employees of the center, insisted that they were just carrying out the orders of their bosses. The two men are still n detention and awaiting final judgment. Zhao Shilong, the reporter from Yangcheng Evening News, also said that when he went to the Changzhou Drug Quitting Center with his colleague and Awen last year, one of the people who bargained with them was Luo Xianwen, the director of the center.

“He asked for 1,800 yuan for one woman, and then cut the price to 1,400 yuan, and then 1,200 yuan. At last we made a bargain at the price of 1,000 yuan.”An insider also told News Probe that Luo and Zhang Yiping, the head of the Guangzhou Second Workers Sanatorium were involved. “Woul common employees really dare to sell patients to pimps without their bosses’ permission?” The insider told the program that after police closed the drug center on March 19 last year, Luo Xianwen and Zhang Yiping lookevery calm.

“They organized a meeting and asked their employees to burn all the account books relating to the sex-trade,” said the insider who claimed to have seen the account books. “It took half a day to destroy all them.

Interview with Luo Xianwen
Luo Xianwen still works for the Guangzhou Second Workers Sanatorium. He accepted an interview from News Probe at his office on June 14 this year.

News Probe: Why was the Changzhou Drug Quitting Center closed by police in May last year?
Luo: They said that some staff members organized prostitution.

News Probe: Who organized the activity?
Luo: Police took more than 10 staff members including me to the police station after they closed our center. I didn’t participate in the activity, so they let me go.
I knew nothing about the sex-trade before it was exposed
Zhao Shilong (the reporter from Yangcheng Evening News): I can prove what you just said is a lie.

News Probe: Do you know him, Director Luo?
Luo: No.

Zhao: Have you never seen me before?
Luo: No.

Zhao: I bought two women from you.
Luo: No. I never did any business with him.

News Probe: Are you sure?
Luo: Definitely.

News Probe interviewed Zhang Yiping the same day, who also denied that he’d been involved in the sex-trade. (Source: CCTV). Li Xuewei, an editor from News Probe told Beijing Today on Tuesday that two days after News Probe was broadcast on July 14, Guangzhou Municipal Discipline Inspection Committee ordered Luo Xianwen and Zhang Yiping to come to the committee to explain themselves.

“It was hard to cover this case,” added Li. “The departments of public security, the procuratorate and the court in Guangdong Province all refused to speak to us. This is no simple case.”

http://bjtoday.ynet.com/article.jsp?oid=2450062
--from Dony Agustinus, Thursday, July 31, 2003