Responsible Roundup: Food is dangerous, China has two faces, Wokai needs your help, and I wonder what Palin knows about China?

DON’T EAT ANYTHING. YET.
Yeah, melamine milk sucks. But so does a lot of other crap we ingest, as Rich Brubaker points out in his recent post: “Even my iPhone may have melamine.“
Earlier this week, Nazia Vasi of 2point6billion.com points out the countless other chemicals that can “create defects, abnormalities and/or death.” Yowzas. Nazia refers us [...]

For crying out loud: Babies and tainted milk in China

By now, the tainted baby milk scandal in China is old news, but still, it is a story that continues to develop. So before you get bored of the coverage, get informed:
Derek Kravitz of Washington Post Investigations provides a good overview, including the following points:
At least 10 African and Asian countries have ceased importing Chinese [...]

Environmental Defense Fund looking for Green China Supply Chain Project Manager (Beijing, China)

The Environmental Defense Fund is hiring a Green China Supply Chain Project Manager in its Beijing office. The job involves “leveraging the purchasing power of major global retailers like Wal-Mart to propel change in China.” Pretty cool stuff. For more info, click here.

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AmCham Shanghai: Corporate Governance and CSR

AmCham Shanghai will host a lunch with Barbara Thomas Judge, Senior Advisor of Hill & Associates on Wednesday, September 24. She will discuss “the U.S. and UK views on corporate governance and how it is impacting corporate behavior both at home and abroad.” To RSVP online, click here. On the same day, AmCham’s CSR Committee [...]

Podcast: Jeff Delkin and Rachel Speth about the Rise of Bambu

This podcast is long overdue, but better late than never, right?
Back in March, when I was working as a freelance reporter for Taiwan Business TOPICS, I interviewed Jeff Delkin and Rachel Speth, the co-founders of bambu, a so-called “renewable ideas company” based in Shanghai that manufactures bamboo housewares, kitchen products and tabletops.
LISTEN:
ResponsibleChina: Jeff Delkin and [...]