China's Paradox

China have recently flexing their muscle and strength by upstaging an amazing Olympic 2008 and sending three astronauts to the space. That would exert both their financial capabilities and technological advancements to the admiration of the world.

But how could they allow the contamination of melamine becomes so widespread until it kills 4 infants and causing mass terror among millions of parents in China who feed their children with contaminated milk. This is not the first catastrophe, remember the Sichuan earthquake not too long ago which claimed thousands of young lives merely due to substandard construction work especially the schools. Too bad that all these corrupted acts of certain people only surface when a disaster struck and many lives scarified. Remember the outbreak of bird flu many years ago which whacked havoc not only in China but also horrifying air travellers around the world?

Can you see the paradox? On one hand, they are busy showcasing brilliant ideas and technological advancements to the world, on the other hand, poor enforcement of local authorities and improper handling on critical issues such as Melamine contamination, bird flu etc resulting in ten of thousands of its people suffering, what an irony.