Tainted Dragon

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The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic has truly opened the eyes of the world and signified the awakening of the dragon.

The Chinese, who during the Second World War had been dubbed the ‘Sick man of Asia’ is no more ‘sick’ and through the sheer determination to progress and survive, the world now watch with bated breath the capabilities of the Chinese.

The Olympic Games have always been an opportunity for the host country to showcase to the world its greatness in diversities. And the Beijing Olympic has proved beyond that. It has propelled the image of China to the forefront to the envy of many.

With the world economy and financial crisis looming in most countries, China's economy is in good shape despite the chaos.

"China has full confidence and capabilities to ensure sound and fast economic growth for a long period of time," Premier Wen Jiabao said at the opening ceremony.Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, said China is still a fast growing economy and may lead the world economy in the future.

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When China embarked on its space program, it was frowned upon by the west.

Today, China in its third manned space mission has become the third country in the world to do a spacewalk, a key step to create China’s first space station, and a high possibility of making a landing on the moon within ten years.

Just as when the 'dragon' is ready to roar louder and soar higher, it got hit by the tainted milk powder scandal. The greed and unscrupulous acts of a few have caused untold miseries to thousands of families whose babies have died. Such a heinous act is akin to murder.

Just not long ago, the recalled of the Barbie dolls manufactured in China has caught the world attention on doing business in China with regards to ethics and QC.

With two major scandals, the economic backlash through products recall worldwide is going to be tremendous and horrendous.

The Chinese government must take very drastic steps to improve on its QC and must be seen in doing it. The culprits of the tainted milk powder must be brought to justice and a crime of such economic and social magnitude deserves death penalty by execution, communist style.

The rule of law must apply and punishment must be severe.

With the 'dragon' being tainted, the pride of the Chinese people have been severely dented.

How can the Chinese government heal the pride of the people now?