53,000 Children Affected by China's Tainted Milk

According to this report from Telegraph, 53,000 children has been affected by the tainted milk powder from several local dairy companies, two noticeable big brands being Sanlu and Yili.

That's an astonishing number of babies that could be facing a bleak future with failing kidneys. As it turned out, people questioned why checks were not conducted to ensure that the baby products passed stringent health tests.

Now it appears that China has this special exemption granted to major domestic brand names from any product testing. I think this is mostly likely due to corrupted officials taking money from the big companies' top executives. Corruption is a well-known and well-accepted practice in many parts of China, especially for rural areas where the poor are often exploited.

It remains to be seen how the Chinese government intends to clear this scandal, which has already eroded whatever good image that was created during the Beijing Olympics. The scandal is simply too big-scaled for the Chinese government to contain. After all the glory comes disaster.

As each day goes by, more negative news reports come out of China as well as its surrounding neighbours. It is a nightmare that no government wants to wake up to.

Whatever the situation is, stay away from China products infinitely is the only best way out. Especially if it concerns food and health.

Stay away from CHINA.