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Another food scandal has hit PRC, this time pork is the food that is affected:

Tainted pork is latest food scandal to hit China - Channel NewsAsia

Tainted pork is latest food scandal to hit China
Posted: 17 March 2011 1812 hrs

SHANGHAI : China has been hit by a fresh food scandal after the country's largest meat processor was forced to apologise when an illegal additive was reportedly found in some of its pork products.

Henan Shuanghui Investment and Development Co said it had halted operations at one of its subsidiaries while authorities investigate the case, in a statement to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange Wednesday, where it is listed.

In a separate statement dated Wednesday its parent Shuanghui Group expressed a "deep apology for the incident in the unit, which had troubled consumers".

The news follows the 2008 milk scandal in which a chemical was found to have been added to watered-down milk, leading to the deaths of several babies and left thousands sick.

Products marketed under Shuanghui Group's Shineway brand were produced from pigs that were fed clenbuterol, an additive that can speed up muscle building and fat burning to produce leaner pork, the reports said.

The additive, known among farmers as "lean meat powder", is banned in China because if eaten by humans it can lead to dizziness, heart palpitations and profuse sweating, the reports said.

The listed company said its shares were suspended Wednesday until official findings were released "to avoid major impact on the company's stock price".

"If it spreads to other producers, it will send shockwaves across the nation's meat industry, similar to the 2008 milk scandal," Zhao Yong, an industry analyst with Haitong Securities, told the Global Times newspaper on Thursday.

As supermarkets pulled Shineway products from their shelves, the China Meat Association tried to play down the possibility that tainted pork was widespread.

"It's only an isolated case and was only found in one Shuanghui company. It won't bring destructive damage to either the industry or Shuanghui," the industry association's spokesman, He Zhonghua, told the Global Times.

China reported 18 outbreaks of food-related clenbuterol poisoning between 1998 and 2007, according to a report on the Shanghai Food Safety website. One person died and more than 1,700 others fell ill, the website said.

The latest batch of tainted pork products was first reported by state broadcaster China Central Television earlier this week.

China's dairy industry still has yet to fully recover from the loss of trust caused by the 2008 milk scandal where melamine, normally used to make plastics, was added to watered-down milk to make it seem higher in protein.

Twenty-two dairy producers were found to have sold products laced with melamine that killed at least six babies and left nearly 300,000 others ill.

- AFP/ir

Seems like farmers in PRC are aware of the additive (lean meat powder). Wonder if that is an indication that this additive is common amongst the farmers?

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Originally Posted by KingLouis

The Anti-nuclear protest doesn't seem to work. The government still going to build more nuclear power plant. I think maybe more people will die of air pollution then radiation.

The best thing China should do is to pause and study the nuclear disaster in Japan to see what they can learn, make any necessary adjustments, then go on a shopping spree for uranium and other nuclear resources on fire sale as a result of worldwide knee-jerk reactions to the crisis in Japan.
Worry about getting cancer from radiation exposure in any nuclear accidents ? You can prevent more cancer deaths in one month by banning junk food and smoking than any deaths from nuclear accidents in the last 60 years.

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, meets with Japanese Ambassador to China Unichiro Niwa at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing Friday, March 18, 2011. Hu paid a visit to the embassy Friday afternoon to convey a message of condolences for the victims of last Friday's massive earthquake and ensuing tsunami in Japan.

Chinese President Hu Jintao(R) shakes hands with Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, visiting Envoy of Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz, in Beijing, capital of China, March 18, 2011. (Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng)

BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao met on Friday with special envoy Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz of Saudi King Abdullah, and exchanged views on China-Saudi relations as well as the current situation in the Middle East and the Gulf region.

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (R) gives a statement while his Japanese counterpart Takeaki Matsumoto (R) looks on after trilateral talks at the Kyoto state guest house in Kyoto, western Japan on March 19, 2011. Japanese, South Korean and Chinese foreign ministers gathered for trilateral talks.

A job seeker raises his hand while making a phone call as he waits in queues to enter a job fair for college students at a university in Nanjing, Jiangsu province March 19, 2011. China faces a tough balance between creating jobs and cooling inflation, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on March 14, denying that his government risks the kind of political upheaval besetting parts of the Middle East.

CHONGQING, CHINA - MARCH 17: Shoppers purchase goods at a supermarket on March 17, 2011 in Chongqing, China. According to the People's Bank of China (PBOC) Friday, China will raise the bank reserve requirement ratio by 50 basis points from March 25.

A woman wears a face mask along a street as the Chinese capital is hit by a sandstorm in Beijing on March 18, 2011. China -- which admitted it is the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter -- has some of the globe's worst air and water quality after three decades of unrestrained growth and resulting pollution.

Chinese tourists complain to a Japanese security guard (L) as they wait for their flights at Narita International Airport, east of Tokyo, March 19, 2011, eight days after an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan. Many foreign visitors and Japanese residents are leaving Tokyo after radiation leakage accidents at a quake-stricken nuclear power plant.

A Chinese traveller who just returned from Japan, gets checked for radiation exposure at a hospital in Beijing March 17, 2011. The World Health Organisation (WHO) believes the spread of radiation from a quake-crippled nuclear plant in Japan remains limited and appears to pose no immediate risk to health, the WHO's China representative said on Friday. Picture taken March 17, 2011.

Workers sample data from a radiation detector in Ganyu county, East China's Jiangsu province, March 17, 2011. Following the nuclear leakage in Japan, Jiangsu set up seven inspection stations near the coast to monitor radiation levels, which are in the normal range. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]

A firefighting robot is seen at Huaibei fire brigade, in Huaibei, East China’s Anhui province, March 17, 2011. The robot is a substitute for firefighters to put out fires at short range and discharge smoke. A tank-like device, it can be operated 150 meters away. It is the most advanced multifunctional robot firefighter in Anhui. [Photo/CFP]

Chinese tourists complain to a Japanese security guard (L) as they wait for their flights at Narita International Airport, east of Tokyo, March 19, 2011, eight days after an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan. Many foreign visitors and Japanese residents are leaving Tokyo after radiation leakage accidents at a quake-stricken nuclear power plant.

Perhaps it was in the respective article but what exactly were they tourists complaining about? Not enough flights out? Can't find someone? Fear of radiation and want to GTFO ASAP? Delayed/Canceled flight or mandatory plane change? Too bad it didn't say in the context.

PS. Nice firefighting robot picture.. rainbow and all. (...though it looks like it is in water-the-grass mode HAHAH xD)

Originally Posted by ToxSic

Perhaps it was in the respective article but what exactly were they tourists complaining about? Not enough flights out? Can't find someone? Fear of radiation and want to GTFO ASAP? Delayed/Canceled flight or mandatory plane change? Too bad it didn't say in the context.

PS. Nice firefighting robot picture.. rainbow and all. (...though it looks like it is in water-the-grass mode HAHAH xD)

Probably just a combination of frustration and fear over the unknown and unseen. They just wanted to go home to China..right now. And the security guard was very handy to vent on. Even though he could do nothing. Hopefully by now those that wanted to evacuate to China are home now.

BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 18: People visit the China Golf Show 2011 at China National Convention Center on March 18, 2011 in Beijing, China. The three-day exhibition opened on Friday, hosting over 350 exhibitors representing international and domestic supplier and service providers.

SHANGHAI, CHINA - MARCH 19: People visit the Shanghai Spring Real Estate Market Exhibition at Shanghai Exhibition Center on March 19, 2011 in Shanghai, China. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Friday, home prices in most major Chinese cities continued to rise month on month in February.

Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns wait in line to cast their votes for the Tibetan Parliamentary election at a polling station in Dharamshala on March 20, 2011. Thousands of Tibetans worldwide vote March 20 for a new leader who hopes eventually to become the new face of the struggle for freedom in China, a cause embodied for decades by the Dalai Lama.

Anti-nuclear protest in Taipei March 20, 2011. About 2000 activists rallied on Sunday to urge the Taiwan government to shut down the three nuclear installations on the island and to stop the construction of the fourth one in reaction to the crisis at the Japanese nuclear power plant in Fukushima that was damaged after an earthquake and tsunami. The Chinese characters on the placard reads "I love Taiwan; No nuclear disasters."

Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou, second from right, answers to a host and hostesses during a fund-raising party for the victims of a devastative earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan, Friday, March 18, 2011, in Taipei, Taiwan.

People attend a candle light vigil for victims of the recent Japan earthquake and tsunami, organised by Greenpeace, in Hong Kong on March 20, 2011.

A young girl looks at origami cranes, part of 5000 that were to be folded for a donation drive for victims of the recent Japan earthquake and tsunami, at a shopping plaza in Hong Kong on March 20, 2011. Folding 1000 cranes, according to Japanese tradition, will bring good luck and a wish will be granted, particually in the case of sickness and illness. Crews fighting to cool reactors at Japan's stricken nuclear plant struggled to switch partial power back on after a natural disaster that has left more than 20,000 people dead or missing. The discovery of radiation in foodstuffs in regions around the plant, and of traces of radioactive iodine in Tokyo tap water well to the southwest, compounded public anxiety but authorities said there was no danger to health.

Victim's family members participate in a Buddhist service at the location of a tour bus crash that left fifteen people dead, Saturday, March 19, 2011 in the Bronx borough of New York. Fifteen people were killed March 12, when the bus returning to New York from Connecticut overturned and was split in two by a sign support pole.

Customers purchase bus tickets at one of the discount bus companies in the Chinatown neighborhood of New York, Monday, March 14, 2011. About 30,000 Chinese New Yorkers per week board discount buses that take them from Chinatown to casinos.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao answers a question during a meeting with entrepreneurs from various countries at the China Development Forum in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 21, 2011. China Premier Wen said on Monday he was optimistic about the outlook for the U.S. , European and world economies.

Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi arrives for the Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong March 21, 2011.

HONG KONG - MARCH 21: Chinese actress Xu Fan poses backstage after winning the Best Actress Award for her role at the 'Aftershock' at the 5th Asia Film Awards ceremony at the Convention and Exhibition Centre on March 21, 2011 in Hong Kong, China.

Actress and director Joan Chen of China poses on the red carpet prior to Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong on March 21, 2011. The Asian Film Festival, held annually since 2007, is aimed at showcasing the region's movie talent. Twenty-nine films from nine territories vied for 14 prizes this year.

BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 21: Chinese rescuers arrive at the Beijing Capital International Airport on March 21, 2011 in Beijing, China. A Chinese rescue team with 15 members, which has conducted search and rescue missions in Japan following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, returned to China today.

BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 21: Actors during a performance at Ritan Park which holds the ceremony of 'fete day'' to mark the first day of spring on March 21st, 2011 in Beijing, China. March 21st is the Day of Vernal Equinox according to Chinese lunar calender.

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KEY BISCAYNE, FL - MARCH 22: Jie Zheng if China hits the ball against Sorana Cirstea of Romania during the Sony Ericsson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 22, 2011 in Key Biscayne, Florida.

ZHUHAI, CHINA - MARCH 21: A villager looks at foundations of the fallen building in Guangchang Village on March 21, 2011 in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province of China. It's reported that the under construction seven-story residential building fell down at round 4 a.m. on Monday, because the foundations were not strong enough to sustain the weight of the building, fortunately it was not occupied at the time.

ZHUHAI, CHINA - MARCH 21: (CHINA OUT) Fallen building is seen in Guangchang Village on March 21, 2011 in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province of China. It's reported that the under construction seven-story residential building fell down at round 4 a.m. on Monday, because the foundations were not strong enough to sustain the weight of the house. Fortunately no one in it at that time. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu responds to questions during a press briefing in Beijing on March 22, 2011 where China reiterated its opposition to the use of force in Libya amid Western air strikes there and called for an immediate ceasefire in the country's conflict. The government spokeswoman, however, did not make clear whether she was referring to a ceasefire by Western powers or repeating China's earlier calls for a halt of hostilities between the government and rebels in the North African state.

A man fills a container with water from a make-shift tap located next to a construction site and polluted canal in Beijing March 22, 2011, on World Water Day. China is now the world's second largest economy, but hundreds of millions of its people still rely on fouled water that will cost billions of dollars to clean. Growing cities, overuse of fertilizers, and factories that heedlessly dump wastewater have degraded China's water supplies to the extent that half the nation's rivers and lakes are severely polluted.

Imported seafood from Japan is screened for radiation by a chef at a Japanese restaurant in Hong Kong Tuesday, March 22, 2011, to make sure the food is safe to eat.

Chefs cook imported seafood from Japan at a Japanese restaurant in Hong Kong Tuesday, March 22, 2011. China, Japan's largest trading partner, has ordered testing of imports of Japanese food. The World Health Organization has urged Japan to adopt stricter measures and reassure the public.

Dressed up schoolchildren visiting from Guangzhou in the neighboring Chinese province of Guangdong pose for a photo in front of the landmark Clock Tower in Kowloon as they take a tour of Hong Kong on March 22, 2011. The Chinese children were invited for a four-day visit by the Kei Chun elemantary school in Hong Kong.

A schoolgirl visiting from Guangzhou in the neighboring Chinese province of Guangdong smiles as she takes a photo during a tour of Hong Kong on March 22, 2011. The Chinese children were invited for a four-day visit by the Kei Chun elemantary school in Hong Kong.

From left, Hong Kong actor Aaron Kwok, Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi, young actor Hu Zetao, actress Jiang Wenli and director Gu Changwei attend a promotional event of their latest movie "Till Death Do Us Part" in Hong Kong Tuesday, March 22, 2011, as part of the events in Hong Kong International Film Festival.

Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi poses for the Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong Monday, March 21, 2011.

A pupil holds a piece of paper writing Chinese character "water" at Leping Fifth Elementary School to celebrate the 19th World Water Day in east China's Jiangxi Province, March 22, 2011. The World Water Day, which falls on March 22 every year, is designated by the UN General Assembly in 1992. (Xinhua/Zhu Dingwen)

A passenger who arrived from Japan gets checked for radiation levels at Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan, Taiwan, on Thursday, March 17, 2011. Taiwan will send military engineers to major airports to help with radiation checks and decontamination for passengers from Japan, the Atomic Energy Council said in an e-mailed statement today. Photographer: Maurice Tsai/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A truck mounted concrete pump is being offered by Sany Heavy Industry free of charge to Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEP) to help water spraying operations at the Fukushima nuclear plant. The truck gets a final check before heading to Japan. [Photo/sanyhi.com]

Originally Posted by bd popeye

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I thought Joan Chen is American

Originally Posted by kwaigonegin

I thought Joan Chen is American

From wiki..

Joan Chong Chen (Chinese name: simplified Chinese: 陈冲; traditional Chinese: 陳冲; pinyin: Chén Chōng; born April 26, 1961) is a Chinese American actress, film director, screenwriter and film producer.

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Student on trial for stabbing after crash - China News - SINA English

Two police officers pull up Yao Jiaxin, who was trying to kneel before the husband and father of the victim of his alleged crimes, in a courtroom in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province, on Wednesday. [Yuan Jingzhi / for China Daily]

XI'AN - A college student went to trial on Wednesday on charges of stabbing a young mother to death after he had accidentally run into her with a car last year, said court officials in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province.

The city's intermediate people's court heard that Yao Jiaxin, a 21-year-old student at the Xi'an Conservatory of Music, was driving his Chevrolet Cruze at about 11 pm on Oct 20 when he knocked down Zhang Miao, who was on a bicycle.

Afterward, Yao saw Zhang staring both at him and at his number plate and decided to stab her to death, prosecutors said. In his hurry to flee the scene, Yao injured two other passersby, a man and a woman, according to the police.

The case has been widely reported and drawn much attention throughout China.

On Oct 23, Yao went with his parents to the local police and was detained.

According to police, Yao admitted to killing the victim, saying he had committed the crime out of a fear that the "peasant woman would be hard to deal with."

And it's true Zhang, 26, the mother of a 2-year-old boy, was a peasant woman. On the night of her death she was on her way home from a temporary job she held as an assistant at a canteen at Northwest University's Chang'an Branch.

Yao told police that he caught Zhang looking at him and his car after the traffic accident. He said he worried she would remember his appearance and his license number and later make trouble for him and his family. So he took out a knife he had bought that day in a supermarket and stabbed her eight times in the body.

An investigation report showed that Zhang Miao had suffered light injuries to her leg and head from the traffic accident and was killed with eight wounds by a knife. Among the wounds, one had gone direct to her heart.

At the courtroom, Yao expressed deep regret and apologized to the family of the victim. Even so, Zhang's husband Wang Hui said he will never forgive Yao. Wang Hui said it was bad enough that Yao had not tried to save Zhang's life, let alone that he had gone so far as to kill her.

Media reports about the case have driven the public both to condemn Yao and to think hard about what turned a young student into a cold-blooded killer.

Shi Xiaomei, a professor at the Xi'an Conservatory of Music, where Yao had studied, said Yao was a good student and never did anything to harm classmates.

"I think our teachers and students should look deep into themselves to try to understand why a good student would commit such a despicable act," Shi said. "And we should do more to instill morality into our students."

According to one of Yao's classmates, who refused to be named, Yao had almost no friends in college.

"A lack of certain social experiences might have made Yao more likely to kill the woman, since he did not know how to deal with the possible consequences," the student said.

Fang Ligang, a lawyer in Xi'an, speculated that the court will spend a lot of time trying to ascertain whether Yao surrendered to police after the woman's death, an action the victim's lawyer, Xu Tao, said Yao did not take.

Fang said Yao could face the death penalty if he is convicted of murder. The rejection of the murder charge, in turn, will lead to the more lenient penalty of 10 years in prison.

Sources close to the victim's family have said Zhang's father turned down 30,000 yuan ($4,575) in compensation from Yao's parents, Xinhua reported on Wednesday.

Wang Hui said he has refused to accept an apology from Yao's family and he will do all he can to ensure the killer is brought to justice.

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A cloud of black smoke from a fire rises above Beiijng's Central Business District skyline past the CCTV Tower (C), the headquarters of China's state-run television, and the city's tallest building, the China World Trade Tower 3 (R) on March 24, 2011 in Beijing. The fire broke out at a building site near the CCTV Tower during the afternoon rush hour with no casualties reported so far, according to the fire department in the district, where a huge fire engulfed a building that formed part of the new headquarters for CCTV in February 2009 on the night of the Lantern Festival as residents celebrated with fireworks.

BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 24: Wu Minxia of China talks to the media during a press conference before the FINA Diving World Series Beijing Station at the National aquatics center-water cube on March 24, 2011 in Beijing, China.

A child injured after a train collided with a bus is treated at a hospital in Urumqi in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Thursday March 24, 2011. An official says a train has plowed into the bus in western China, killing three adults and injuring 80 others including at least 41 children under age 16. (AP Photo) .

Firemen douse the wreckage of a bus with fire after a train collided with it in Urumqi in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Thursday March 24, 2011.(AP Photo).

Update: The death toll from the collision rose to 10, and about 50 people were injured, Urumqi Online reported.

A bus collided with a passenger train after rushing through the crash barrier in Urumqi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, at 9 am on Thursday, Xinhua News Agency reported.

The collision left five people dead more than 30 people injured, said Wang Mingshan, the city's police chief.

A security guard looks at a crowd behind a closed gate using their mobile phones as they take pictures of a fire in downtown Beijing, China Thursday, March 24, 2011. The cause of the fire on the third floor of a three-storey work shed is under investigation and no casualties have been reported yet.

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The Associated Press: China renews push to ban smoking starting May 1

A man smokes a cigarette in Beijing on March 24, 2011. China has announced that its long-awaited smoking ban will finally come into force in May, as the nation that accounts for one in five of the world's smoking deaths tries to kick the habit.

This photo taken on March 22, 2011 shows Chinese men resting in a Chinese bath-house in Beijing. Bath-houses were once a common sight in Beijing, when most Chinese homes were too cramp for a proper bathroom, and the men usually take their baths before going home.

Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan, center, and other artists pose before a news conference for an upcoming charity event for the victims and survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, in Hong Kong Thursday, March 24, 2011. The Hong Kong entertainment industry will organize the charity event to pay respects to the deceased, send condolences and love to those who lost loved ones and encourage the survivors of the disaster.

Chen Lu (R) listens to her instructor in a training helicopter in Chengdu, Sichuan province on March 23, 2011. The five female students from the second batch of the Civil Aviation Flight University of China will work for an airline in Shanghai. [Photo/CFP]

The students prepare for their first flight under instruction in Chengdu, Sichuan province on March 23, 2011. [Photo/CFP]

Five female students from the second batch of the Civil Aviation Flight University of China will work for an airline in Shanghai

Members of SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) introduce weapons to students during a police camp open day in Huaibei, east China's Anhui Province, March 23, 2011. Some 200 citizens, including community residents, students and enterprises workers, visited a camp of local SWAT on Wednesday. (Xinhua)

A 3-meter-tall Hollywood-style transformer made of scrap metal made its debut, on Sunday, at a square in Haikou, capital of Hainan province. [Peng Tong/For China Daily]

The city set up five transformers as a way to introduce its park for the creativity industry, which opens in April.

Officers from the Yongchuan branch of Chongqing's industry and commerce administrative bureau check fake watches they seized in the Southwest China municipality, March 23, 2011. Officers impounded more than 50 counterfeit watches including faux copies of Patek Philippe, Cartier and Rado products during a routine inspection recently. In October last year, China's State Council launched a six-month campaign to reduce the number of pirated goods and strengthen protection of patents, trademarks and copyrights of a wide range of goods made both at home and abroad in a bid to strengthen its protection of intellectual property rights. A Patek Philippe wristwatch costs between 100,000 yuan ($15,000) and 200,000 yuan, and a Cartier between 20,000 to 50,000 yuan. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]