China's Shenzhou-7 spacecraft, its melamine-contaminated milk & RP
By:
Totie Mesia
Date:
Saturday, September 27th, 2008
The Beijing Space Command and Control Center announced the successful space walk of astronaut Zhai Zhigang who carried a Chinese flag outside the orbit module. The proud news of being the third country to ever do such a feat in space is bogged by the worsening embarrassment from the sale of melamine-tainted milk which sickened more than 53,000 children (mostly in China,) and blamed for the death of at least 4 people. Melamine-related illnesses had been reported in Taiwan, Shanghai, and Hong Kong.
The Chinese adulterated milk has crept into other dairy and food products including the popular