Monday, August 6, 2007

Made in China

More evidence that the Chinese government just doesn't get it:

A senior Chinese official has lambasted foreign media for fabricating scares over Chinese food products.

Some foreign media had viciously sensationalized product quality problems and food scares concerning a small number of Chinese goods or companies, said Vice Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng.

Some media fabricated safety problems in campaigns to block imports of Chinese goods, which he described as de facto trade protectionism, he said.
I'm sure the Chinese government believes its own press clippings. And nothing could be further from the truth than this statement:

"Like other governments around the world, the Chinese government pays great attention to safety and when problems occur, we never shirk, but deal with them responsibly after finding the facts," Gao said.

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