[ Journals ] I - China: Poison dumplings 'a crime'

Chinese authorities investigating a food poisoning scare surrounding dumplings sold in Japan have said they believe the dumplings were deliberately contaminated.

Wei Chuanzhong of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said he believed the case was "an isolated deliberate crime" carried out outside of China.

"We believe the Japan 'poison dumpling incident' is not a food safety problem caused by pesticide residues," he told a Beijing press conference.

"The act of contaminating the dumplings was very unlikely to have happened in China."

At least 10 people in Japan suffered pesticide poisoning last month after eating frozen dumplings - known as gyoza in Japan - which originated in a factory outside Beijing.

The dumplings were laced with a pesticide called methamidophos.

Thousands of other Japanese have complained of illness after eating dumplings from China.

The scare is the latest in a series of safety alerts to hit Chinese-made produce, with recalls in recent months hitting products such as toothpaste, car tyres and childr en's toys.

With China's economy heavily-reliant on the export market, the government has been eager to be seen taking a tough line on safety in an effort to shore up consumer confidence.

The poisoned dumpling case has also threatened to strain improving bilateral ties ahead of an expected visit to Japan by Hu Jintao, the Chinese president.

The issue was further complicated last week when meat buns imported to Japan from China contained the same pesticide.

The Chinese findings run counter to claims from Japanese authorities that the contamination of the dumplings, produced by the Tianyang Food plant outside Beijing, likely occurred in China.

"The Japanese side says there is no possibility they were poisoned in Japan. We say there is very little possibility it occurred in China," Yu Xinmin, deputy head of criminal investigation with China's Public Security Bureau, told Thursday's press conference.

Wei added that the findings "do not exclude the possibility of a person from a third country or region illegally purchasing the relevant pesticide and bringing it into Japan," but offered no details.


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I. Summarize
　　Chinese government declared that including their investigating, they found out that the poison dumpling incident was “an isolated deliberate crime” carried out outside of China. And they said that it might be someone from other country to do this crime.
　　The poison dumpling incident as known the name –-Doku Gyoza—in Japan made most of people were afraid to use Chinese-made products, and it would hit the Chinese products.
　　Now Chinese government said the case might not be their responsibility because they just find out that the poisoning might have the possibility committed out side of China. But they didn’t point out who might do this crime.

II. Vocabulary words and phrases

i. new words/phrases
investigate V. 調查; 研究
deliberately Adv. 慎重地; 故意地
contaminated Adj. 弄髒的; 受毒害的
administration N. 行政; 官員的任期
inspection N. 檢察
quarantine N./V. 隔離; 檢疫
pesticide N. 殺蟲劑
residue N. 殘渣
methamidophos N. 有機磷系農藥
tyres N. 輪胎; 輪箍/ V. 給...上輪箍
reliant Adj. 依賴的; 有信心的
strain V. 拉長/ N. 張力
bilateral Adj. 對稱的; 雙方的
buns N. 人的臀部
deputy N. 代理人
bureau N. 詢問處; 司, 屬
relevant Adj. 恰當的; 關係重大的

ii. useful / phrases
isolated Adj. 被孤立的; 被隔離的
conference N. 協會; 成人補習班
lace V. 裝飾; (+into)抨擊
threatened Adj. 受到威脅的


III. The reason I chose this article
　　Liar!!!
　　I don't like China's saying. It sounds like they have no responsibility to the "poison dumplings incident." No wonder Japanese hate Chinese because they like to lie and don't wanna take responsibilities to anything.