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Chinese chemical companies evading the law, still actively pushing drugs

By Erica Schlaikjer ⋅ October 31, 2007 ⋅ One comment

(Image via RSC.org)Another front page story in the New York Times today about blind spots in the global supply chain leading to devastating consequences in consumer product safety.
Chemicals Flow Unchecked From China to Drug Market
By Walt Bogdanich
New York Times
October 31, 2007
Pharmaceutical ingredients exported from China are often made by chemical companies that are neither [...]

AmCham honors responsible businesses in China

By Erica Schlaikjer ⋅ October 31, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Companies Honored For Sustainability In China At Annual CSR Awards
ChinaCSR.com
October 30, 2007
General Electric has been honored in Shanghai for their commitment to corporate social responsibility in China.
The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai held its Third Annual Corporate Social Responsibility Conference and Awards at the Portman Ritz-Carlton Hotel, where GE and other companies were recognized [...]

EcoBlocks in China

By Erica Schlaikjer ⋅ October 30, 2007 ⋅ One comment

(Photo via Green Dragon Media Project)
My recent interview with Caroline Campbell from the Green Dragon Media Project (podcast pending, I promise!) inspired me to learn more about green buildings in China. (Browse an image gallery from the Green Dragon Media Project’s recent tour of China here.)
Conventional city planning in China usually involves “the SuperBlock, [...]

China’s youth: Me, Me, Me!

By Erica Schlaikjer ⋅ October 26, 2007 ⋅ One comment

Just came across this July 2007 article today, and I think it’s worth a look-over…
TIME magazine’s Simon Elegant writes about China’s self-obsessed and materialistic “Me generation,” the under-30-year-olds who are more concerned about money and status than democracy and equality.

(Photo for TIME by Ian Teh)
“China’s Me Generation“
By Simon Elegant
TIME magazine
July 26, 2007
There are roughly 300 [...]

Danwei TV: Food safety in Beijing

By Erica Schlaikjer ⋅ October 25, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Danwei.org, where I syndicate my podcasts, recently uploaded a user-generated video about food safety in Beijing.
This short film by Ren Bo was shot for Danwei. She asks Chinese consumers in “wet markets and super markets what they worry about when it comes to food safety and hygiene. This video is also on Youtube and Brightcove [...]