Government Accountability.
June 1, 2007 9:11 PM Subscribe
Meet 郑筱萸 (Zhèng Xiăoyú) [WIKI]
Former head of the State Food and Drug Administration of China. Recently the quality of Chinese food and drugs has come under fire. You may have heard of tainted pet food from china killing cats and dogs. You might also have read about antifreeze in cough syrup made with impure Chinese glycerin killing people in other countries. Apparently someone in China cares about government accountability, because on May 29th Zheng Xiaoyu sentenced to death.
Sure he's a scapegoat, but at least they are going after a high level scapegoat who is actually responsible for something instead of some mid-level bureaucrat.
posted by BrotherCaine at 9:34 PM on June 1, 2007
posted by BrotherCaine at 9:34 PM on June 1, 2007
Bullet in the back of the head in a soccer stadium followed by kidney "donations"?
families billed for the bullet?
posted by longsleeves at 9:41 PM on June 1, 2007
families billed for the bullet?
posted by longsleeves at 9:41 PM on June 1, 2007
"...made with impure Chinese glycerin..."
It wasn't impure glycerin, it was diethylene glycol substituted for glycerin. And there was another announcement about that just today. This time it's toothpaste from China.
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 9:41 PM on June 1, 2007
It wasn't impure glycerin, it was diethylene glycol substituted for glycerin. And there was another announcement about that just today. This time it's toothpaste from China.
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 9:41 PM on June 1, 2007
Er, wait. It looks like it may have been a "replacement" in some cases.
posted by delmoi at 9:54 PM on June 1, 2007
posted by delmoi at 9:54 PM on June 1, 2007
Think Globally; Eat Locally.
posted by taosbat at 10:50 PM on June 1, 2007 [3 favorites]
posted by taosbat at 10:50 PM on June 1, 2007 [3 favorites]
It should be noted that Zheng has been jailed for nearly two years now. He wasn't at the head of the organization when the melamine fiasco happened.
posted by dw at 10:52 PM on June 1, 2007
posted by dw at 10:52 PM on June 1, 2007
okay...dereliction of duty...he's sentenced to death today.
Who's minding the store now???
posted by bidrattler at 11:45 PM on June 1, 2007
Who's minding the store now???
posted by bidrattler at 11:45 PM on June 1, 2007
Apparently someone in China cares about government accountability foreign trade profits
Fixed that for you. And could we please have accountability that doesn't involve killing someone? Thanks.
posted by mediareport at 3:49 AM on June 2, 2007 [3 favorites]
Fixed that for you. And could we please have accountability that doesn't involve killing someone? Thanks.
posted by mediareport at 3:49 AM on June 2, 2007 [3 favorites]
It sounds like there is a need to bring discipline to developing, registering and manufacturing drugs in China.
posted by michswiss at 5:31 AM on June 2, 2007
posted by michswiss at 5:31 AM on June 2, 2007
Ok, good, glad that's all resolved then. Moving on!
posted by disclaimer at 5:59 AM on June 2, 2007
posted by disclaimer at 5:59 AM on June 2, 2007
Ah yes, the death penalty, or as Republicans call it, "democracy."
posted by Saucy Intruder at 7:18 AM on June 2, 2007
posted by Saucy Intruder at 7:18 AM on June 2, 2007
Never fear. Their new scapegoat is the media. And if not, perhaps it should be blamed on a bad fengshui decision?
posted by gemmy at 9:19 AM on June 2, 2007
posted by gemmy at 9:19 AM on June 2, 2007
Ah yes, the death penalty, or as Republicans call it, "democracy."
Less than 15 comments until blame is leveled at Republicans. My hat is off to you, sir.
posted by Krrrlson at 10:04 AM on June 2, 2007
Less than 15 comments until blame is leveled at Republicans. My hat is off to you, sir.
posted by Krrrlson at 10:04 AM on June 2, 2007
“The death penalty wouldn’t be excessive punishment for [blank],” ... “[blank] was simply using the power given by the state to pursue his personal ambition.”
If we could fill in the blanks here in the United States, perhaps we could cut down on corruption as well. Death for white collar crime might be a powerful concept.
posted by quin at 11:57 AM on June 2, 2007
If we could fill in the blanks here in the United States, perhaps we could cut down on corruption as well. Death for white collar crime might be a powerful concept.
posted by quin at 11:57 AM on June 2, 2007
Apparently the Chinese have p0wned the vitamin market, too. Absolutely humongous vitamin and pharma going on over there.
I don't think there's anything the West has, except natural resources, that isn't already "taken" by some other nation. Shipping out our manufacturing and labour was a damnably dumb, dumb move.
posted by five fresh fish at 5:48 PM on June 2, 2007
I don't think there's anything the West has, except natural resources, that isn't already "taken" by some other nation. Shipping out our manufacturing and labour was a damnably dumb, dumb move.
posted by five fresh fish at 5:48 PM on June 2, 2007
Christ jesus. Is there no limit to the greed? The only beneficiaries of this stupidity are the war corporations.
posted by five fresh fish at 1:21 PM on June 3, 2007
posted by five fresh fish at 1:21 PM on June 3, 2007
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