The Portrait of an Olympic Host -- China's problems with lead go...to brain damage and birth defects. China has joined developed countries in tightening...forcing Chinese factories to cut corners. China is undergoing its industrial revolution, ...cut-throat mentality, ensuring that the problems are so entranched they will ...by saying "stopping buying stuff from China" or only blame chinese supplier. ...

The Portrait of an "Olympic Host": China is the Largest Supplier of...Illicit Steroid -- U.S. exposes illicit China steroid sales/IHT International Herald Tribune... drugs supplied by 37 companies in China. The operation, disclosed on Monday, ...-enhancing drugs is an international problem and not just a sports ... disciplined before next summer's Olympics. Drug enforcement agency officials said ...

The Portrait of an "Olympic Host" -- China in three colors/Thomas L....the Chinese "miracle"..... ;-) :-) International Herald Tribune China in three colors By Thomas L...dirty capitalism to clean capitalism. For China, going from Communism to its state... here, and the damage to China's health, rivers, landscape, glaciers and..., they want to address this problem without having to change the ...

The Portrait of an Olympic Host -- China stops woman from collecting jailed ... husband's award International Herald Tribune China stops woman from collecting jailed activist...his native Shandong Province, in eastern China. Yuan called Hu to let him...country shows the extent to which China will go to prevent government critics...me then it's not my problem." Man held for plotting protest The...

The Portrait of an Olympic Host -- China warns on U.S. soy... among the beans, which could threaten China's agricultural and forestry production and...to the safety of Chinese consumers. China will strengthen its supervision over soybean...of what they said were quality problems. Still, many industry officials said it...have arrived since. Official data showed China imported 16.88 million tonnes of...

The Portrait of an Olympic Host -- China defends its food safety/AP August 18, 2007 China defends its food safety Policy ... by months of quality scares. "China is a responsible country," said ... paper titled "The Situation of China's Food Safety Quality." "The ... to acknowledge there was a problem -- a common position by Chinese ... country's image for next year's Olympic Games in Beijing...

The Portrait of an Olympic Host -- China recall toy factory boss hangs himself: report/Reuters China recall toy factory boss hangs himself: report Mon ... product safety scares that have tainted the "made-in-China" brand. Lead paint has been linked to health problems in children, including brain damage. China's quality watchdog had banned Lida from exports. A...

The Portrait of an Olympic Host -- China's 2008 preparations look inward CNN.com China's 2008 preparations look inward By ... a surprise to security analysts and China observers. "The increase in social unrest .... It is our most difficult problem to tackle these social order problems."... potential breeding ground for Islamic extremists. "China has elements of Islamic extremism," ...

The Portrait of an Olympic Host -- China's economic revival is minted...in counterfeit/IHT International Herald Tribune China's economic revival is minted in...same time, as with product safety problems or intellectual property issues, the ...bound this country together. Life in China today often seems purely situational,... industrial counterfeiting and fraud in China. The dirty little secret here ...

The Portrait of an Olympic Host -- China's Me Generation -- Micky'...find anything remotely resemble the Olympic spirit? ! -- http://www.time.com...As the chief beneficiaries of China's economic success, young professionals...the government pledged to address problems plaguing the country's peasants...realize that democracy can help China, too. * * * * Find this article at...