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Topic1 New Zealand Tainted Milk
Fonterra, the world's leading exporter of dairy products, identified eight companies to which it had sold contaminated New Zealand-made whey protein concentrate, exported to China, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand and Saudi Arabia and used in products including infant milk powder.
How serious is the problem? Should we worry?
Topic2 Judges Buy Sex
The officials have disappointed Chinese public again. This time it happens with the judicial system. Last week, internet exposes surveillance footage of 5 Shanghai High Court Officials summoning prostitutes, 4 of which have been suspended from their posts already.
Is it an individual case, or does it indicate a bigger problem of not necessarily judges visiting prostitutes, but judges violating their professional code of conduct?
Topic3 Rule on Government Officials' Subsidy
The welfare for government employees is always a hot issue. A new regulation targeting improper issuance of official allowances just takes effect last week. It sounds a warning bell for those who abuse power to embezzle public money in receiving subsidies.
How big of a problem is rules and subsidies for government workers?
Topic4 Half CSRC Cases Lead to Nowher
China's top securities regulator vowed last Thursday to strengthen law enforcement as part of the move to reform the nation's scandal-ridden capital markets.
However, Xiao Gang, head of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, says the CSRC's law enforcement work is "challenging". The agency investigates about 110 cases every year, but less than 60 cases end with the imposition of penalties, and about 30 of those are ultimately referred for criminal investigation. More than half of the cases end with no further action.
Why is enforcement of laws so hard?
Topic5 Wechat Simcard
Recently, Guangdong Unicom and Tencent jointly launched a new kind of sim card, the Wechat Wo Card, a result of their newly-formed cooperation. It's the first time a telecom operator works with the Internet company to solve the interest dispute in China.
What does it mean? Are they going to charge people on the new platform?
Topic6 Han Hong Apologizes
Famous pop singer Han Hong has apologized through different channels to the public, about her most recent traffic violations. But it seems the public is still not satisfied. Han was stopped by police on Saturday during a routine inspection for using the license plate of another car on her Land Rover. She was later fined 5,000 yuan for the license plate misappropriation.
Why are people so angry? Are we too demanding to celebrities?