{"id":13619,"date":"2007-07-09T22:47:56","date_gmt":"2007-07-10T05:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/07\/09\/china-ex-food-and-drug-chief-executed-alexa-olesen\/"},"modified":"2007-07-09T22:47:56","modified_gmt":"2007-07-10T05:47:56","slug":"china-ex-food-and-drug-chief-executed-alexa-olesen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/07\/china-ex-food-and-drug-chief-executed-alexa-olesen\/","title":{"rendered":"China Ex-Food and Drug Chief Executed &#8211; Alexa Olesen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/_china_2007-05_16_xin_160504161423166172543.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/_china_2007-05_16_xin_160504161423166172543.jpg','popup','width=280,height=373,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/_china_2007-05_16_xin_160504161423166172543-tm.jpg\" height=\"100\" width=\"75\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\" China 2007-05 16 Xin 160504161423166172543\" \/><\/a> From AP, via The Guardian:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nChina on Tuesday executed the former head of its food and drug watchdog who had become a symbol of the country&#8217;s wide-ranging problems on product safety.<\/p>\n<p>Zheng Xiaoyu&#8217;s execution was confirmed by State Food and Drug Administration spokeswoman Yan Jianyang at a news conference held to highlight efforts to improve China&#8217;s track record on food and drug safety. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/worldlatest\/story\/0,,-6768837,00.html\">[Full Text]<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For the New York Times, Joseph Kahn writes:<em> &#8220;&#8230;The country&#8217;s Supreme Court has recently made a highly publicized effort to show that it carefully reviews all death sentences and that it has restricted the power of local courts to impose that penalty.<\/p>\n<p>But Mr. Zheng&#8217;s case appears to have served a political purpose, allowing senior leaders to show that they have begun confronting the country&#8217;s poor product safety record.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/07\/11\/business\/worldbusiness\/11execute-web.html?ex=1341806400&#038;en=23cb837f965c4ae7&#038;ei=5088&#038;partner=rssnyt&#038;emc=rss\">[Full Text]<\/a><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Photo source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/china\/2007-05\/16\/content_873868.htm\" target=\"_blank\">China Daily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From AP, via The Guardian: China on Tuesday executed the former head of its food and drug watchdog who had become a symbol of the country&#8217;s wide-ranging problems on product safety. 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