Blamegame goes on...where the pesticide got into the dumplings?

A big war of word is ongoing between China, who claims that there is no possibility whatsoever that the pesticide found in the doomed dumplings was in there where they are in China's turf, and Japan, who has said that as far as the investigation goes, a very low possibility of the poison was put in where the dumplings arrived in Japan, one of the evidence Tokyo police presented to the Chinese is that the use of the type of pesticide has been long discontinued in Japan. Not only the police of the two sides, now even Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara steps in, who has expressed displeasure towards the Chinese attitude.

Who should to blame?

Let's take a step back here, since the both sides have expressed a desire for a quick solution, and everyone realizes that as the issue drags on, more people will stop using more products from China, Made in China reputation goes down the drainage, and Japanese government, who has been facing a mounting inflation headache, suffers along with the consumers.

It takes two to dance, the solution should be a two step dance--one is to get into the bottom and identify the source of problems by presenting evidence clearly, exchange information on any clues, and take between door, intensive and collaborative works between all related parties from both sides. No questions are harder to ask, no suspects are left at large. Only through detailed hard work. Words are cheap and usually serve no good for no one.

Second step is to take a quick measure to ensure a complete root out of the problematic areas. Wherever it is, responsibility has to be taken. In today's globalized world, a local protectionism is simply not working, more protection invites more rotten wounds, to have a health back to the system, the affected area has to be taken away promptly.

A blame game is easy to play, however, a solution takes patience, hard working and more importantly, cooperation, are China and Japan ready to play along?

In Japan, Where News is News Again

When the news is not news anymore in China, it is a BIG news in Japan.

Something like food poison, anyone in China can tell you the tap water is not drinkable, as it is not treated, and without boiling the water, it can cause you a forced diet therapy. It is nothing new as most developing countries have the same thing. But how about vegetable vendors wash their merchandise in nearby polluted river, and orchid farmers spray pesticide on the apples. (My college classmates whose family runs a orchid, told me never eat an apple without peeling it).

Then there was the dumpling incident, meat buns incident, Pork cutlets incident, and related news appears on every Japanese media outlet every day and night, still no sighs of unwinding, far more coverage than Beijing Olympics.

Today, there is a news about a Chinese student in Japan who profits from making and selling fake diplomas from well-known Japanese universities, such as Tsukuba, Keio, etc.

Again, this won't make a news in China, especially in Shenzhen, where people from all over China come to get a job, diplomas are priced to sell, semi-underground, or a public secrete, and there is even a discount for a less known school's diploma compared to one from Beida or Qinghua.

Kaabe-A movie worth wataching

Berlin Movie festival is undergoing, one movie from Japan draws my attention. Kaabe is a nickname for a mother of two daughters and whose husband was put into prison for his critic about the War in 1940. The mother, played by award winning Sayuri Yoshinaga, was alone to deal with all the family tragedies , and at the same time, like everyone else then had to show support for the government to wage the War in China. Yoshinaga said, she played the role with the wishes of never repeating the history again. The director, famed Yoji Yoshida, summarized the story in a best way. he said, Japan must learn from its past, especially at this critical moment, the more Japanese learn from history, it has become the priority for the motivation of the production. (TBS News story)