[I think Joseph Kahn is a little too optimistic to expect a quick change. Obviously, he has not taken into consideration the recent history of Chinese government’s futile efforts to get rid of various unwanted things, such as striking crimes (“Yanda”), fighting corruptions (“Fan Fubai”), reducing the size of local governments (“Jingjian Renyuan”), and banning illegal transactions (“Qudi Feifa Jingying”). In these campaigns of the past 20 years, the Chinese government mobilized all its administrative, police and judicial power, but to no avail–it is not that the government did not want, but it could not succeed. Had Joseph Kahn had any idea about them, he would have been less likely to have such expectation.
In my opinion, the recent problems of Chinese food and drug security have posted a great challenge to the Chinese government, and they will haunt until substantial changes happen to China’s political reform.
–Guo, Rui]
PHONY fertilizer destroys crops. Stores shelves are filled with deodorized rotten eggs, and chemical glucose is passed off as honey. Exports slump when European regulators find dangerous bacteria in packaged meat. Continue reading →
