<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/60dbfe32-622f-4bdc-bcb9-70a591ef58e4/7EF70ED9-2092-40EC-819C-EEF82185E4BF/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/07/china_reform_food.php" href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/07/china_reform_food.php" style="font-size: 11px;">www.treehugger.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/07/china_reform_food.php">Even in a country estimated to kill <A href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/07/web.amnesty.org/pages/chn-220304-feature-eng">thousands</A> of people per year, the execution this week of China's corrupt food and drug chief was unusual, a powerful statement that signaled that <A href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-china_osnosjul11,0,4584493.story">China means business</A> when it comes to fixing its problems, and a symbol of the power the government can wield when it wants to.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/07/china_reform_food.php">But a symbol won't address the deeper problems that China must if it is to have, say, non-toxic toothpaste or breathable air.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/07/china_reform_food.php">That <SPAN id="zoom" class="fbody">Zheng Xiaoyu</SPAN>'s sentencing took place on the same day that China announced its first regulation on the recall of food, amidst widespread global concern over nearly everything "Made in China," proved that the government is concerned as well</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/07/china_reform_food.php">Next to land grabs carried out by local officials, tainted food and water is a top worry for the country's millions of rural residents, whose protests signal arguably the biggest threat to China's government.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7EF70ED9-2092-40EC-819C-EEF82185E4BF/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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