Taken from a post from Live China Free by Kent Herrick

“The execution of Zheng Xiaoyu, the former head of China’s State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) who was convicted of taking bribes to approve drugs, was a decisive move by Beijing.”

BUT WHY WAS IT? … Who was supposed to receive the message? Some think it was the Chinese; that is to say get your Ministries in order or get a bullet. But I think it was a public relations stunt and little more. The rest of the world was supposed to see how serious the Chinese are about product safety …. “why they shot this minister!” But they shoot people everyday for less; no I think he was shot to make you feel better about Chinese products. “wow they must be a lot safer because they shot this high ranking dude. …. so I should really feel better.” ….. well do you? I don’t. Few people in China act without orders from above and the higher up you are the more you get orders until you arrive at the top. I blame the top…. Live China Free!

Kent- I agree with you 100%.

China Launches New Crackdown on Media
Aug 15 11:26 AM US/Eastern
By SCOTT McDONALD
Associated Press Writer

BEIJING (AP) - China announced Wednesday that it would carry out a wide-ranging crackdown on “false news” and illegal publications ahead of the ruling Communist Party’s most important meeting in five years.

The crackdown, to run through mid-October, appears aimed at ratcheting up the Communist Party’s already tight media controls to prevent any disruptions that would marring the 17th Party Congress. The party tries to tightly control the media in China and is sensitive to any criticism of its grip on power or questions about its top leaders.

But China has also struggled with problems of manufactured news stories and people posing as journalists seeking payoffs to suppress bad news.

OH WAIT! This is the same government that denies Tienanmen Square happened? That’s right… they are the truth-tellers, the reporters are the liars.

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