IS THERE no end in sight to China’s harrowing milk contamination scandal? As Â鶹´«Ã½ went to press, it seemed not.
After drinking formula milk contaminated with melamine – an industrial chemical added to boost measurements of the milk’s protein content – four babies were dead, 104 were in a critical condition with kidney stones, and 53,000 were ill. Meanwhile, a girl in Hong Kong was the first case outside mainland China.
China’s chief quality control official has resigned and the government has vowed to tackle the problem. , who specialises in Chinese economic relations at the University of…
