The aging rubber ring led to gas leak that caused the gas cylinder explosion at a restaurant in Beijing Friday morning, local work safety authorities said Monday.
Two screw threads of a connector between the liquid gas storage tank and the evaporator were oxidized, which led to the gas leak, said Yao [...]

The Customs & Excise Department has found two samples of cooking oil fail to live up to their trade descriptions.

I first wrote about the US ban on China chicken exports back on March 12. That post had a fair amount of detail, so I'll just link to it here and not rehash the history, which is kind of weird.
I updated the story, including details on China's WTO complaint and the US Food Safety Law, [...]

Not much to say here except enjoy this pic of Chen Wenling's sculpture. The piece is of a bull (i.e. Wall Street) goring a devilish Bernie Madoff. I really like the imagery – no better way to describe how Wall Street was "propelled" during the boom years. There's some poetry here.

Here are a few links [...]

Drug developer Pfizer Inc. said Tuesday China's ministry of commerce approved the company's $68 billion buyout of rival Wyeth.
Pfizer will divest certain animal health assets in China, the New York-based company said.
The buyout deal still needs regulatory approval in the U.S., Canada, and Australia. (AP)
This is big news, of course, but I [...]

Companies operating in Beijing the past few weeks already know that life has been a [...]

Something tells me I should email this Shanghai Daily article to all the members of the U.S. Congress, at least the ones who aren't taking money from the credit card industry (if there are any left):
Shanghai's banking regulator, responding to rising problems related to a surge in the number of credit cards, says lenders [...]

Customs officers have arrested four men after seizing 140kg of ketamine worth $16 million at Man Kam To checkpoint.

Police have arrested almost 1,000 people and seized $17 million worth of illicit goods in a tripartite anti-crime operation between Hong Kong, Guangdong and Macau authorities.

Justice Susan Kwan has been appointed Court of Appeal Justice while six judicial officers have been named Court of First Instance Judges – Anthony To, Peter Line, Maggie Poon, Derek Pang, Colin Mackintosh and Au Hing-cheung.