Posted on 07/31/2007 8:10:42 PM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
HONG KONG — China is tightening its grip on media reporting food safety problems in Beijing following a recent rebuff by the government of a pork-bun report, the South China Morning Post said Tuesday.
The Hong Kong daily said several media in China's capital city have been warned or ordered to cut down on political news coverage, especially regarding unsafe food. The report said the hardest hit was the tabloid Beijing Daily Messenger, which was told by the Publicity Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee to "scrap its political and social pages and cover only entertainment and lifestyle stories."
Problem solved.
Nice trustorthy “trading” partner we have there. We may as well deal with Castro for all the difference there is.
Perhaps I’m missing something. Why would we expect the Chinese Communists to be a better trading partner than the Cuban Communists?
My point exactly. No measurable difference.
At least Castro maintains the quality of Cubas cigars. For some that is all that matters.
Chinese government does not like it that news gets out about cardboard pork.....
Over half the cigars sold in Havana carrying the Cuban government tax stamp are not made from Cuban grown tobacco. And it’s the government tobacco authority that is importing the raw leaves and cigars into Cuba to profit on the ‘Made in Cuba’ cache.
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