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Beautiful melamine dishes/美麗的三聚氰胺碗盤
(click foto & u will see more/按圖片可以找到更多喔～)

Sep 25th 2008 | HONG KONG From The Economist print edition
Tainted milk kills children-and harms China's image abroad
毒奶殺嬰-且嚴重傷害中國海外形象

Excerpt:
[Four children have died, 53,000 have been taken ill and there is no end in sight.]

[The range of products found to have been tainted with melamine (an industrial chemical used to hide the fact that milk has been watered down) now includes milk, yogurt, sweets and cake.]

[A survey by Interbrand, a consultancy, shows that the post-Olympics improvement in the perception of the "Made in China" brand has been wiped out by the scandal.]

[Several of China's big internet portals have also been accused of filtering out information about tainted milk from as long ago as December, in order to protect China's reputation during the run-up to the Olympics.]

[Until the regulatory and judicial systems become independent, there will always be an incentive to ignore problems until they explode.]

節錄翻譯：
「毒奶已造成四名孩童死亡，五萬三千名孩童重病，且看不到停止的跡象。」
「melamine為化工產物，用來隱藏牛奶被稀釋的事實。驗出含有melamine的產品範圍現包含牛奶、優格、甜點和蛋糕。」
「INTERBRAND，一家顧問公司，所做的調查中發現，奧運後所提升進步的"中國製造"品牌形象已經完全被此醜聞摧毀」「中國國內幾個大型網站入口被指控從12月即開始過濾刪除關於毒奶的資訊，目的為在奧運準備期間保護中國的聲譽。」「在制訂規範和法律系統獨立前，永遠都會有正向激勵中國人忽略問題直到問題爆發。」

其他文章內容包括
聯合利華數年前已拋棄在中國的合資公司，目的是為了確立它對中國境內的操作能完全掌控。
麥當勞也設立自己的完整密閉供應鍊，檢測牛肉、薯條、麵包、和醃黃瓜。
可口可樂也對其糖、水、二氧化碳的供應商施行嚴厲的規範。

這個新聞雖然對我影響不大
奶類我已經很久不碰 奶精粉也不用 飲料不大喝
零食我向來最愛POCKY 麵包很少吃 大部分採買都在COSTCO
KIRARA的食物也是買美日進口貨（羊耳朵乾還是NZ進口的呢！）
上次去重慶也是一滴奶類都不碰 也不知道在怕什麼
總之小心駛得萬年船 果然！ 只能多花錢買個安心

不過 在政府把含量標準改為0之前
我是絕對不會在台灣買任何有可能有毒的 不管是奶類 麵包蛋糕 還是三合一！