China has had many growing pains issues over the past decade. With all the copyright infringements and the various “replica” items being made. However, there are lines which just should not be crossed.
I think the recent “Fake Pork Buns” which has being the talk of town in Hong Kong is a very good example of what needs to be addressed quickly in China. According to reports in Beijing, CCTV aired a report about how vendors in China are mixing cardboard into pork buns.
Using a formula of 60% cardboard and 40% fatty meat along with a healthy dosage of chemicals to make it mushy and a healthy sprinkle of salt. Such unscrupulous vendors are able to make a very healthy margins of RMB1,000 per day selling such items. What was worst is that the vendors in question explained that this has being the industry standard for years and have being in place for 10 years?
You can see the investigative report here.
To me, this ranks right up there with the fake baby milk powder scandal. However that being said, China is definitely trying to move in the right direction and incidents such as this are probably part and parcel of growing pains
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