Gracia Chua stated that “[in China] Government officials ought to clamp down on unethical businessmen and thoroughly check through their products before allowing them to be sold in the market.”

Some research into the milk scandal showed that, as a result of it, the Chinese Government  cracked down on food safety and corruption leading to better quality goods on store shelves. These intense initial measures led to major company officials being sentenced to death.

Only a year later, in 2011, over 4,900 businesses had been shut down and 2,000 suspects had been arrested. The election of Xi Jinping in 2012 led to an even more extreme anti-corruption campaign that resulted in the arrest and prosecution of top level officials, such as Bo Xilai, who in September was sentenced to life in prison for bribery and corruption.

After research and seeing the immense changes happening in China I have rephrased Gracia’s sentence to read:

“In China Government officials are clamping down on unethical businessmen and are thoroughly checking their products before allowing them to be sold in the market.”

New tougher laws, new leadership and follow-through will lead China to be a better, less corrupt superpower allowing it to better function on the worldwide market.

Image: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2011/10/25/why-an-occupy-china-wont-happen/

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngccz1kq_Bg