Many shoppers in China buy their steamed buns from big supermarkets because they think the food there has higher quality. But the supermarket’s buns came from a filthy workshop where workers “recycled” buns after their sell-by date. The workers threw the stale buns into a big pot, added water and flour, and repackaged them to [...]
In China, it is against the law to gamble. That law does not apply to Macao, however. Macao was returned to China in 1999 by Portugal. Macao was part of Portugal for hundreds of years. While governed by Portugal, gambling was legal and many gambling casinos became very large. China did not change the law [...]
President Hu Jintao is removing corrupt Communist Party officials. The corrupt Party officials seem to be those who are not loyal to President Hu. About 300 Party officials are looking for corrupt property deals and government buying. According to these officials, many of China’s top leaders may have done corrupt things. These top leaders include [...]
‘Political Pork’ means getting Congress to give your state money even if the project is not very important. ‘Pork’ makes a congressman popular with the people back home. ‘Pork’ helps congressmen get reelected. ‘Pork’ may use badly needed money for unimportant things. This year, Alaska got over $1 billion for ‘pork‘ projects. That is over [...]
While China has been criticized for selling harmful food products, the US has found a similar problem in its food supply. A food plant in Georgia owned by the Peanut Corporation of America has been selling bad peanut butter even when they knew it was bad. The peanut butter contained salmonella, a food poison. More [...]
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