Posted on October 6, 2008 by wigwam2theorem
This is my stash of candy that is made in China with powdered milk as an ingredient. I’ve already eaten about half the bag. If I suddenly stop posting, you can probably guess what happened…
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Posted on September 28, 2008 by wigwam2theorem
In a quasi-capitalistic society such as China, it is not a surpise that lawyers have volunteered to help the victims of the recent milk scandal. Unfortunately, it is also not a surprise that provincial government officials have been putting pressure on these volunteers to quit, but I would venture to guess that if the provincial [...]
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Posted on September 18, 2008 by wigwam2theorem
One would think that after all of China’s problems (such as tainted pet food, toys with excessive amounts of lead, all sorts of defective products, all sorts of counterfeit products, having a girl lip-sync during the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, and using underage gymnasts at the Olympics) that China would be very careful not [...]
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Posted on August 24, 2008 by wigwam2theorem
If you have been following, you may have noticed that there has been a major controversy about the ages of the Chinese women girl gymnasts.
Several days ago, the IOC asked for another investigation into this matter. Now Rogge is saying that the paperwork that China submitted for this investigation appears to back up the original [...]
Filed under: Current events, Sports | Tagged: 2008 olympics, age, cheating, china, ioc, jacques rogge, olympics | 2 Comments »
Posted on August 14, 2008 by wigwam2theorem
There have been many reports in the media recently that several of China’s female Olympic gymnasts are under the minimum age required to be eligible for the Olympics. In fact, the Chinese media has reported that one of the gymnasts is now 13 or 14, even though an athlete has to turn 16 sometime during [...]
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Posted on August 12, 2008 by wigwam2theorem
If you are thinking that I am writing about a Chinese athlete failed a drug test, you are…… wrong.
Chinese officials decided that a 7-year girl who was supposed to sing at the opening ceremonies was not attractive enough, so they decided to have a more attractive girl lip sync.
A Chinese official said,
The national interest requires [...]
Filed under: Current events, Music | Tagged: 2008 olympics, china, lip sync, olympics, opening ceremony, singer | 46 Comments »