McDonald’s and Carrefour issued apologies after Chinese state television marked World Consumer Right Day on Thursday by airing an investigative report accusing both of improper food safety practices. From The Washington...
Read MoreAs China’s rich continue to get richer, their affluence often comes with a desire for geographic mobility. CNN reports: “As of April this year, China has 960,000 millionaires with personal assets of 10 million yuan...
Read MoreIn the wake of the March earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear scare in Fukushima, China and Taiwan signed a nuclear power safety agreement on Thursday to establish a framework for cross-Strait transparency and...
Read MoreThe week-long National Day holiday sees tens of millions travelling around China, with Friday marking the peak; a Xinhua photo gallery shows enormous crowds engulfing tourist sites, train stations and taxi ranks. With so many on...
Read MoreThis marks the first installment in a new series of posts by journalist Rachel Beitarie, who will be sharing with us dispatches from her journey across rural China. In this post, Rachel visits Beichuan, Sichuan and talks with...
Read MoreFrom New York Times: The road that wends through the storm-battered mountains of Kaohsiung County comes to an end at a breathtaking abyss. On the south side of the road, Provincial Highway 27, there are hot meals, the succor of...
Read MoreCDT has produced a series of posts which summarize the key issues facing China in 2008. This latest installment focuses on food and product safety. Previous post in the China 2008 series include: China and the Developing World,...
Read MoreBoth the European Union and the United States have urged China to increase its safety efforts, particularily towards unsafe toys, as the holiday season approaches. In 2007, over 20 million Chinese toys were recalled for a...
Read MoreOn China Dialogue, botanist Jiang Gaoming writes about the challenges facing the organic food industry in China: A quality of life survey conducted last year by the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) – now the...
Read MoreFrom AP via SignOnSanDiego.com: Sweeping majorities of Americans say U.S. consumers, companies and the government deserve at least some blame for the rash of unsafe products from China, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll released Thursday. With the tally of Chinese goods bearing high levels of chemicals and toxins growing almost daily, people in the […]
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