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Jottings from the Granite Studio

Submitted by The Granite Studio on Wed, 2006-09-20 19:12. :: | |
 

A Qing historian reads the newspaper.  Commentary and observations on China and Chinese history.  

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The Hunan lead poisoning case: Is it “China’s” fault?

Submitted by The Granite Studio on Wed, 2010-03-17 03:35. :: | | | |

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There’s a piece in The Guardian today on the horrific incidents of lead poisoning in a Hunan village, the result of pollution from a factory operated by the Tenda Corporation.  It’s a terrible tragedy.

Even worse are the repeated attempts by local officials to intimidate into silence those who are suffering the most, including a busload [...]
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