This is agreat example of why Islamic Terrorists don't duck with China
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BEIJING, China (Reuters) -- China executed a former drug and food safety chief on Tuesday for corruption in an unusually swift sentence which will serve as a warning amid a series of health scandals that have stained the "made in China" brand.
The Supreme People's Court approved the death sentence against Zheng Xiaoyu, 62, who was convicted of taking bribes worth some 6.5 million yuan ($850,000) from eight companies and dereliction of duty, Xinhua news agency said.
His execution marked the first time China has imposed a death sentence on an official of his rank since 2000.
"Zheng Xiaoyu's grave irresponsibility in pharmaceutical safety inspection and failure to conscientiously carry out his duties seriously damaged the interests of the state and people," Xinhua cited the high court as stating.
"The social impact has been utterly malign," the court said, adding that Zheng's confession and handing over of bribes were not enough to justify mercy. Watch why China imposed the ultimate penalty on Zheng »
Yan Jiangying, spokeswoman for the State Food and Drug Administration, said the case had brought only shame to the watchdog. "This kind of serious case of law breaking by a small minority of corrupt elements, as far as the entire system is concerned, really made us feel ashamed," she said.
"But these cases revealed several problems, and I think we need to seriously reflect on what lessons we can draw."
Zheng, head of administration from 1998 to 2005, was sentenced on May 29 and his appeal was heard last month.
Under rules introduced at the start of this year, the supreme court also reviews and can quash death sentences, a power previously in the hands of provincial-level high courts. But this time the supreme court spent little time endorsing the execution.
The unusually harsh sentence and its prompt enforcement reflect the pressure on Beijing from domestic and international alarm about consumer safety after a series of breaches and deaths involving toxins in food, medicines and other products.
Yan admitted China faced a huge safety problem.
"As a developing country, China's food and drug supervision work began late and its foundations are weak. Therefore, the food and drug safety situation is not something we can be optimistic about," she said.
"We must ensure that those who have power fulfil their duties and responsibilities, and if anyone abuses their power they will be punished," Yan added. "Officials in key departments will change posts on a rotating basis."
Investigators found Zheng and his subordinates abused new rules in renewing drug production licenses to squeeze kickbacks from companies.
His misdeeds led to approval of many medicines that should have been blocked or taken from the market, including six fake drugs, the court found.
Last week, a court handed down a suspended death sentence on one of Zheng's subordinates on the same charges. Another senior administration official was jailed for 15 years in November for taking bribes and illegal gun possession.
Despite repeated official pledges to get tough, new cases keep coming to light. Up to half of the water used in coolers in the capital Beijing may not be as pure as manufacturers claim, the China Daily reported on Tuesday.
But these were isolated incidents which did not broadly mean Chinese goods and especially its exports were unsafe, insisted Lin Wei, deputy head of the quality inspection bureau's import and export food safety division.
"We are confident we can guarantee that Chinese products are of good quality and cheap, yet safe and healthy," he added.
The Supreme People's Court approved the death sentence against Zheng Xiaoyu, 62, who was convicted of taking bribes worth some 6.5 million yuan ($850,000) from eight companies and dereliction of duty, Xinhua news agency said.
His execution marked the first time China has imposed a death sentence on an official of his rank since 2000.
"Zheng Xiaoyu's grave irresponsibility in pharmaceutical safety inspection and failure to conscientiously carry out his duties seriously damaged the interests of the state and people," Xinhua cited the high court as stating.
"The social impact has been utterly malign," the court said, adding that Zheng's confession and handing over of bribes were not enough to justify mercy. Watch why China imposed the ultimate penalty on Zheng »
Yan Jiangying, spokeswoman for the State Food and Drug Administration, said the case had brought only shame to the watchdog. "This kind of serious case of law breaking by a small minority of corrupt elements, as far as the entire system is concerned, really made us feel ashamed," she said.
"But these cases revealed several problems, and I think we need to seriously reflect on what lessons we can draw."
Zheng, head of administration from 1998 to 2005, was sentenced on May 29 and his appeal was heard last month.
Under rules introduced at the start of this year, the supreme court also reviews and can quash death sentences, a power previously in the hands of provincial-level high courts. But this time the supreme court spent little time endorsing the execution.
The unusually harsh sentence and its prompt enforcement reflect the pressure on Beijing from domestic and international alarm about consumer safety after a series of breaches and deaths involving toxins in food, medicines and other products.
Yan admitted China faced a huge safety problem.
"As a developing country, China's food and drug supervision work began late and its foundations are weak. Therefore, the food and drug safety situation is not something we can be optimistic about," she said.
"We must ensure that those who have power fulfil their duties and responsibilities, and if anyone abuses their power they will be punished," Yan added. "Officials in key departments will change posts on a rotating basis."
Investigators found Zheng and his subordinates abused new rules in renewing drug production licenses to squeeze kickbacks from companies.
His misdeeds led to approval of many medicines that should have been blocked or taken from the market, including six fake drugs, the court found.
Last week, a court handed down a suspended death sentence on one of Zheng's subordinates on the same charges. Another senior administration official was jailed for 15 years in November for taking bribes and illegal gun possession.
Despite repeated official pledges to get tough, new cases keep coming to light. Up to half of the water used in coolers in the capital Beijing may not be as pure as manufacturers claim, the China Daily reported on Tuesday.
But these were isolated incidents which did not broadly mean Chinese goods and especially its exports were unsafe, insisted Lin Wei, deputy head of the quality inspection bureau's import and export food safety division.
"We are confident we can guarantee that Chinese products are of good quality and cheap, yet safe and healthy," he added.
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It's because China does not 'Spread Chinese' all over the Middle East... yet.
When you see Chinese culture and their government meddling with Arab political affairs... and when China always sides with Israel on every grievence issued against them (no matter what)... and when Chinese made jets and helicopters with the Star of David stenciled on their fuselages fire missiles whose shattered remnants say, 'Made In China' printed on them... THEN, you will see the Islamic Fundamentalists blowing up Chinese shit.
Hail, Hail!!!
although they do protect the government of dafur to slaughter thousands of their own people....
they have also been accused of "slave practicies" by the africans who have been working in chinese run mines in various countries across the continent.
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Then, they (the Chinese) should be targeted by the people they are oppressing.
And as for 'Spreading Chinese', when you start to see McWang Burgers cropping up in Tehran... that's when you'll start to see suicide car bombs in Beijing.
Hail, Hail!!!
ditto
interesting...
I call bullshit. The Chinese are every bit the infedel bastards that the West is. The Chinese don't obey the Islamic laws that govern Al Queda and other militant groups who are waging Jihad from Africa and Europe to the Middle East and Asia.
The reason the Chinese are off limits is becuase they are acting as a leash on the United States. Imagine if there were 50,000 Chinese troops in Iraq or Afghanistan right now - playing by the Chinese rules of engagement. Or imagine if the Chinese were trying to push sanctions through the UN on Iran. The terrorist realize that the Chinese, the world's next superpower, act as a counter weight to the United States - and it serves them better to keep the status quo for now.
i think murdering someone is a poor way of holding officials accountable
Yeah dude...
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China will not even have to launch a single missile or shoot a single bullet to defeat us. All it will have to do is pull all the US currency it has out of our banks and our economy will fucking crumble.
the only reason they haven't already is that they know their economy would go down the tubes with America's. We are their biggest customer, after all. Mutual Assured Destruction works with more than just nuclear weapons.
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True but they can find other customers. Once our economy is fucking tanked it would be extremely hard to find other investors.
That's what I'm saying... so, you basically called 'bullshit' on yourself.
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The Chinese do not obey Islamic law... the difference being.... the Chinese are NOT involved with 'Spreading the Chinese way of life' in the Middle East. The Chinese are NOT paying off Arab government officials for favors. The Chinese are NOT in Iraq or Afghanistan... they are NOT pushing economic sanctions on Iran. And if they were doing all of that... and we did what the Chinese do regarding Middle Eastern Affairs... the Terrorists would be burning Chinese flags in the streets and saying, 'Death to China'.
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Don't you remember the 1980s? Remember when the Soviets were in Afghanistan? Remember whose flags were getting burned in the Middle East (other than Israel's)? Hint: it was red and had a little hammer and sickle on it.
Hail, Hail!!!
As for how China executing one of their officials for doing a bad job (which is pretty over the top if you ask me) is keeping islamist terrorists off their land, you tell me. They are so badass the suicide bombers are afraid they might get killed? Double? I see no reason to look at China's practices and hope for America to be the same.
Cosmo is on the money. China doesn't interfere, China doesn't get targetted. Pretty simple really.
And by the way, China do have muslims in their western province of Xinjiang (or East Turkestan), where chinese authorities claim terrorist actions by the East Turkestan Islamic Movement. http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/etim.cfm
Xinjiang, like Tibet, seek independence. So here, China might even see islamist actions by seperatist groups with theocratic motives, or affiliates from Afghanistan or other places, and do so already. But that would be because China here is the oppressive enemy. Not because China is "godless" (which it officially is) and/or "badass".
Peace
Dan
"Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty." - Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965
I know. As an American... I am GLAD we are NOT like the fucking Chinese. i hate it when people say shit like, "It's okay if the government spies on me... i'm not doing anything wrong". That what the SOVIET Government used to do. I don't want to be like the Soviets. I hated the Soviets. Where in the deninitions of 'Liberty' and 'Freedom' does spying on your own people come in?
And I don't like terrorist guerilla tactics. So, what do we do... we give the insurgents uniforms, tanks, artillery and aircraft to make it a 'Fair Fight'? I know what we don't do... we don't lose what is supposed to make us the 'Good Guys' in this thing. By us becoming as bad as the bad guys just make it a battle between two evil forces. I vote we do not take that path.
Hail, Hail!!!
Peace
Dan
"Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty." - Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965
And also that the ends never justified the means (unless you're a dark independant super hero, or you live in medieval times).
edit : and also that until now China have not meddled with Islamist's interests so they are all glad to leave the other one alone bug the common enemy, (but this is changing with Thailand and shit that is flying in s.e. asia).
ridiculous to use this to keep your painting of the world clear. These islamic terrorists you imagine are suicide bombers.. they really don't fear the death penalty
We are at war with the Middle East.. it still supprizes and appauls you when they fire back.. Amazing!
If we had friends in the Middle East - these "Terrorists" you so want to be at war with - would have no place to hide.
So we keep killing the poeple we need help from.. And now you want us to Kill Alberto Gonzales to show how tough we are... or maybe Dick Cheney? Or Hilary?
There's a pretty big difference between opening a business somewhere (like McDonald's) and bombing people. One is perfectly fine, the other is perfectly not.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
I know this will get me a lot of shit, but opening a business is not always perfectly fine.
McDonalds, for example, is like coke representative of american culture abroad, it practises economical wars. Mcdonalds opens in a city and through far superior moneypower (marketing and such) it kills off the local competition and starts feeding a large part of the younger population. And with these businesses comes a part of the american culture : the better side (search of more freedoms for example) as well as the other side.
Opening the business in itself is not necessarily a bad idea but the means used to achieve it and the actions dones by these businesses can sometimes do a lot of wrongs.
For example, nike facturies in asia do give out jobs but don't you think some people there feel resentment towards nike for the work conditions? Or the manufacturing of coca cola in india, which lets indians deal with the pollution? It may seem normal to you but to the local population this can sometimes be seen as dramatic aggressions.
So you pass laws to right the supposed wrongs caused by these businesses. You don't bomb people.
So why does the local population choose to work there or permit the pollution, etc.? I'm going to assume because working there is better than the alternative and the money it brings in overrides the pollution. I guess it really doesn't do much good to have no pollution if you're starving to death.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
I'm not sure I'll be able to express myself clearly enough. The population in middle eastern countries have corrupt dictatorial governments that they are not necessarily happy with. The laws voted are not for the best interests of the population but for the interest of government officials and the major ally of the country which (for a few countries in the region) is the us. This is typically the type of actions that religious leaders use to manipulate the public opinion and discredit the government (a good example of that is the muslim brothers in egypt for instance).
As for : dying of hunger vs modern child slavery or dying of hunger vs high level pollution, your point does not make sense. Of course these people need to eat, but does it make that ok for coke to pollute clean water? Or does nike have not enough money to employ adult workers (and pay them correctly)?
The point was that opening a business is not as innocent as you pointed out. I'm not saying bombing civilians is better, but the resentment in these regions is always fueled by something.
Bombing other people is indefensible.
As far as opening businesses in developing countries goes, I think it's a form of oppression to deny them the opportunity to develop by forbidding businesses to open there just because they have less stringent rules for pollution and labor laws. Let the local government decide what is acceptable.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
Why are you mixing "dictatorial governments" in the middle east and India? And, India is one of the most polluted countries in the world, largely because of what Indians put in the air. Auto emissions account for the vast majority of the overall pollution in the country in areas like New Dehli. The problems with Coke pale in comparison.
I'm not willing to forbid anything, I'm just saying that the way business is done today pisses off some of the local population. The question was if opening a mcdonalds in teheran that innocent of an action : in my opinion, it's not.
India was an example of what western corporation can do outside their borders.
My point (I guess I wasn't clear enough) is that whatever the level of wrong doings of a foreign business the point is : it brings problems to the local population for foreign interests. This will not please everyone in the country and create distrust for : the country from which the business comes from, the government that allowed this and the authorities who don't care about all of this.
For example, I saw one spot that emphasized how pro-Israel Pepsi is, sending money to fund Israeli troops, wanting to destroy Iran, etc. It claimed that Pepsi stands for, Put Every Penny to Support Israel, or some such acronym.
And so would theirs.
Consideringi jihadist are the only ones "doing their true duty" for this purpose, it would be a realy fuck up for them if they united the world against there cause. That's all I'm trying to say, and I can't imagine how you could infer something else...
Also, there is no denying that many Muslims have protested, including burning their own towns and even murdered becuase of Rushdie, French Opera's, Eurpopean cartoons of Mohamad, flushed Korans at Guantanomo, etc. and etc...
This is a clash of religious ideology versus liberal societies. The Chinese are just as much to blame as the Americans are for globalization and multi-national firms spreading their business and influence across the globe. You are kidding yourself if you do not think there are thousands of Chinese consumer goods, everything from cars to clothing circulating through the Middle East today.
China is riding the coatails of the US. We are taking all of the heat, while China reaps the benefits in our shadow. It's the US Navy that protects the shipping lanes of the Middle East and the Malaccan straits. And so it is the US that is scorned for "spreading our influence" beyond our borders - but dozens of countries benefit from our use of power to ensure the global world order....
There is no denying that many of our ventures into the Middle East have been controversial, but that is no reason to single out the US when it is indeed most of the industrialized world who benefits from our action.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe China supported the war against Saddam in 1991 - they may have even sent troops - I'm not sure. But that was just as much a war to secure Kuwaiti oil as the current war is to do the same for Iraq.
China is surging ahead at full speed to surpass the United States as the largest economy on Earth. Who do you think they trade with? Only Western countries?
Does everybody suppose that Chia is being Mr. nice guy right now and as soon as their influence and military trumps that of the US, they will not exert their influence on trade agreements and the security of natural resources beyond their borders???
If America is the biggest Enemy of Jihadist today, surely China will be their enemy of tomorrow. They do not like the godless Chinese any more than the mostly Chistian US - it's just that right now their war is being waged and being won mostly through propaganda and manipulation of the media.
Imagine a bomb going off in Hong Kong, killing thousands of civillians as they celebrated the anniversary of the British handover recently. All of a sudden, the policies of the US don't look as bad to the Chinese. Get it???