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Globe Editorial

Land of melamine and money

October 3, 2008

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THE HORROR of contaminated baby formula in China, like earlier instances of poisoned dog food and unsafe construction in earthquake-crumpled schools, is what happens when free markets meet an unfree political system. If brand China has been devalued, China's ruling Communist Party has nobody to blame but itself. (Full article: 412 words)

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