..... a Food and Drug Administration there.
Sure does appear to indicate that they cared little for the health of their own citizens, as well as those with whom they trade.
Who knows if this went on even before this guy was in charge?
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The buck stops here....taking responsibilty.
BEIJING ? China's former top drug regulator was sentenced to death Tuesday for taking bribes to approve untested medicines, as the country's main quality control agency announced its first recall system for unsafe food products.
The developments are among the most dramatic steps Beijing has publicly taken to address domestic and international alarm over shoddy and unsafe Chinese goods ? from pet food ingredients and toothpaste mixed with industrial chemicals to tainted antibiotics.
The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court convicted Zheng Xiaoyu of taking bribes in cash and gifts worth more than $832,000 (U.S.) when he was director of the State Food and Drug Administration, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The court then issued the death penalty, the report said.
Being forced on him more than "taking"
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Lots of it.
I've seen a few programs talking about officials being bribed to permit stores/businesses (from the outside world) to set up in 'preferred locations'.
I think he is one of many.
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spectrum is that China's goal at the top level is development, and hang the consequences. And any country that huge is bound to have corruption; even the most concerned Politburo (or whatever they have) can't watch everywhere. I saw a Chinese-made film on PBS recently on the actual workers at a factory for the clothes we buy at the low prices we love so much. Depressing.
The owner was a retired small-town (by Chinese standards) police chief who bought the plant when he quit. Hmmm ... must have a great severance package in that town.
They often execute people for white-collar crimes, yet each new mayor or department head comes in with his own "retirement plans", it seems.
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