tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635277990911889679.post8156539109276441937..comments2023-05-02T19:16:14.230+08:00Comments on Stephanie in Shanghai: Don't Drink The Milk!Stephanie/Sproffeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00511655933086275525noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2635277990911889679.post-50942066634732360172008-10-12T19:27:00.000+08:002008-10-12T19:27:00.000+08:00I've been following this story for some time - it ...I've been following this story for some time - it has received widespread coverage in Western media, as have all recent safety problems with Chinese goods.<BR/><BR/>It's easy for Westerners to point in horror at these events and proclaim righteously about the danger of buying Chinese products, but it would be hypocritical to do so. The US went through the same type of growing pains during our own Industrial Revolution, and the problems were so pervasive that it took years to sort out. (Read Upton Sinclair's <I>The Jungle</I> for a look at the meat processing industry in the US at the turn of the 20th century.)<BR/><BR/>I don't think it will take the Chinese as long to straighten their food processors out as it did for us, because the Chinese are under a world-wide media microscope, and in the US it took years just to get someone to <I>care.</I>Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17866627809585257034noreply@blogger.com