What Is This “Milk Scandal” of Which You Speak?

ODB recently asked why the Chinese spacewalk was getting so much coverage. As usual, a quick look at the China Daily homepage provides the answer:

Aside from the Miss Switzerland pageant, it was clearly the top story of the weekend!

I was curious about the ”763 batches of Chinese milk found chemical free” link, however, so I searched the site for the keyword “milk”. Turns out there has been a lot of news about milk in the past couple of weeks. It’s all terribly complicated, and I’m still sorting out the facts. But these articles, all taken from China Daily and Xinhua, have been particularly helpful:

• “Shenzhou VII sets standard for China-made products“
• “Prompt response“
• “Wen stresses business ethics“
• “Mother offers fresh alternative“
• “Major Chinese dairy producers promise to improve“
• “Untainted milk not hit by scandal“