Farmers work at terraced fields in Hunan province, the provenance of much of the rice found to be contaminated by Guangzhou authorities.
An official report indicated that almost half the rice sold in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, was contaminated with cadmium, triggering anger from customers all over China who keep concerning the domestic food security issue.
Reported by the Wall Street Journal, nearly half of 18 rice samples tested contained excessive levels of cadmium according to Guangzhou Food and Drug Administration. This test demonstrated the serious pollution issues in China: first water, then air, now earth. A heated discussion was aroused soon after the disclosure of the news throughout in Chinese social websites.
What the funny is, in response to the Guangzhou rice scandal, the People Daily, governmental media, advised the public to "diversify" their diets in order to avoid eating rice from one region and thus they would greatly reduce the risk of being harmed from the food.
I have to say, the People Daily's advice is much more humorous than my blog! How come that a top media advised the people just to diversify their diets rather than to question the production of the food industry? Just because it is impossible for a governmental media to question a government-controlled industry? Or is it easier to made some advice to the people than to examine the government-controlled industry?
Everyone knows People Daily works for the government rather than the people, but would you please make it not so conspicuous? It's ugly.
And I still have a big question for the People Daily: it is possible for us the people to diversify our diets, but is it possible for us to diversify our one-party dictatorship government?
appendix:
Distribution of contaminated rice in China (uncompleted)
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