Ok, it’s becoming hard to keep track, but here’s a (growing) list of foodstuff that have been tainted with melamine: milk powderfresh milkyoghurtcheesebaby cerealchocolatesbiscuitscandiesice creamcoffee creamer Did I miss anything? Let me know. Related post:一个中国人幸福的一天
Like a story right out of science fiction, the Japanese – known for their pursuit of all things eccentric (think pocket pets, robot dogs and an assortment of other crazy inventions) – are reportedly planning to spend one trillion yen (just shy of US$10 billion) on a 36,000 km space elevator to lift people and… Read More »
MarketWatch Washington bureau chief Rex Nutting wrote a scathing article on why John McCain would make a mediocre president – because his accomplishments on most fronts have been average at best and his policy proposals have lacked substance and vision. Does this remind you of someone else? That’s hardly surprising as McCain and Bush are… Read More »
Sharon Stone opened her legs a while back to give her sagging career a useless boost. Now she opens her mouth, and it turns out that it’s just as useless and filthy. The clueless has-been is suggesting that the Sichuan earthquake in China, which claimed tens of thousands of lives, was “karma” for not being… Read More »
No one expects western media to put a positive spin on China these days, but BusinessWeek is too obvious to find any story line (Blogging a Quake, Live from Chengdu) to stab at the Chinese government. What is shameful about the western response to the Sichuan earthquake tragedy is the politicization of it. China’s government… Read More »
Nico Pitney of Huffington Post has created a mosaic of the “Commander-in-Chief” of the U.S. military and his potential successor using thumbnails of the 4,000 American soldiers who have died in Iraq. “In remembrance of the 4,000 brave men and women who sacrificed everything for us – and the two men who would continue this… Read More »