Punished Officials Bounce Back
At Economic Observer, Shen Nianzu and Chen Zhe describe how officials are often able to bounce...
Aug 14, 2013
At Economic Observer, Shen Nianzu and Chen Zhe describe how officials are often able to bounce...
Aug 5, 2013
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...
Feb 18, 2013
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...
Oct 5, 2012
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...
Dec 9, 2009
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...
Nov 24, 2009
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...
Nov 18, 2009
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...
Mar 27, 2009
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...
Mar 26, 2009
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...
Feb 14, 2009
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...
Feb 2, 2009
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...
Jan 22, 2009
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...
Jan 17, 2009
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...
Jan 16, 2009
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...
Jan 9, 2009
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,...
Jan 2, 2009
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...
Jan 2, 2009
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...
Jan 1, 2009
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...