Punished Officials Bounce Back
At Economic Observer, Shen Nianzu and Chen Zhe describe how officials are often able to bounce...
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New Zealand’s Fonterra Apologizes for Milk-Powder Scare
New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra apologized on Monday for a contamination scare involving whey protein products tainted with Clostridium botulinum. From The Wall Street Journal: Fonterra Chief Executive Theo Spierings traveled...
‘China’s Leonard Cohen’ Calls Out Corruption
NPR’s Louisa Lim profiles singer Zuoxiao Zuzhou, who has been described as “China’s Leonard Cohen” by Michael Timmins of Cowboy Junkies, and as the most important musician in China by Ai Weiwei. On These...
Winter at Home, Spring Abroad for Journalists
In 2008, investigative reporter Jian Guangzhou uncovered a major food safety scandal involving melamine-tainted Sanlu milk powder. This year, he left Shanghai’s Oriental Daily in one of a series of high-profile news media...
First Lawsuit In China Milk Scandal Delayed
From AFP: China’s first civil lawsuit seeking compensation over last year’s tainted milk scandal has been delayed for further investigation, state-run media reported Wednesday. A district court in Beijing late last...
China Executes Two for Tainted Milk Scandal
Two people were executed today for their role in milk contamination scandal which killed at least six children last year. From Reuters: A total of 21 Sanlu executives and middlemen were tried and sentenced in January by a court...
Zhao Lianhai, Advocate for Sanlu Victims, Held
Zhao Lianhai, administrator of the website “Home for the Kidney Stone Babies” created after the melamine controversy in Fall 2008, was recently arrested. Via Global Times: The founder of the organization “Home...
Grieving Parents Gain Clout In China
Ariana Eunjung Cha reports in the Washington Post: When Zhao Lianhai created a Web site for parents of children hurt or killed by contaminated milk, he did not set out to challenge the Communist Party. He did it because his son...
China Milk Scandal Terms Upheld
BBC has an update on the sentences handed down to those held responsible for the contaminated milk crisis: State media said a court in Hebei Province rejected the appeal by Tian Wenhua, the former chairwoman of now-defunct Sanlu...
China to Sell Assets of Scandal-Hit Milk Company
According to an Associated Press report, a Chinese court has plans to auction off the assets of Sanlu Group Co., the company at the center of the melamine milk controversy last year. A Chinese court plans to auction off the...
China Dairy Boss Appeals Sentence in Milk Scandal
From AP: A dairy boss is appealing the life sentence she received for involvement in a tainted milk scandal that sickened hundreds of thousands of Chinese children, state media said Sunday. Tian Wenhua submitted an appeal Sunday...
Death Sentence in Milk Trial
Three men have been sentenced to death for their role in the tainted milk scandal, while Tian Wenhua, former chairwoman of the Sanlu Group, has been given a life sentence. From Caijing: On the afternoon of January 22, the...
The Sanlu Trial: Diary of a Dairy Disaster
From Caijing Magazine: A nation’s outrage over poisoned baby formula is focusing on the trial of a former dairy executive who, at first glance, looks anything but a criminal. Tian Wenhua, 67, took the stand December 31 in a...
Parents of Dead Child Accept Compensation After China Tainted Milk Scandal
Xinhua is reporting that some families whose children were killed by contaminated milk have accepted monetary compensation from Sanlu dairy company in exchange for an agreement to give up a lawsuit against the company: Yi...
China’s Dairy Industry Took Deadly Shortcuts to Growth; 60 Arrests in Sanlu Case
The Ministry of Public Security has announced that they made 60 arrests over the contaminated milk scandal in 2008. From AP: The ministry’s website said Friday 21 of those suspects have been prosecuted in Hebei province,...
Chinese Dairy Firms Say Sorry
From Agencies via Al Jazeera: A group of Chinese dairy firms have sent text messages to millions of mobile phone users across the country begging for forgiveness over last year’s tainted milk scandal. The 22 dairy...
Parents of China Milk Scandal Victims Detained
As Sanlu dairy company executives face trial over the contaminated milk scandal which killed six and sickened thousands of children, parents called for further research into the effects of the chemical melamine, which was found...
In China, Tainted Milk Trial Kept Under Wraps
The Los Angeles Times reports that despite the attention focused on the trial of four Sanlu executives for their role in the tainted milk scandal, authorities in China are tightly controlling access to the courtroom: China has...
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