China syndrome?

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The China syndrome is taking a heavy toll on imported products from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>. For that matter, everybody is now taking extra precautions as to what products they are buying in the markets, which are overflooded with cheap goods from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Even <st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region>, which accommodated so much of Chinese-made goods, was awakened by the recent deaths of domestic pets that are pet food products from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>. The above incident has elicited uproar from consumers thus prompting Chinese authorities to investigate and meted death penalty to a high ranking food and drug official in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>. According to reports, the incident was spawned by the presence of contaminated food products which eventually killed the dogs and cats in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">However, even with the recent execution of a Chinese official, the fear will hang in the air for a long time. Nobody knows for sure how it will go away. Perhaps, the black eye has caused so many losses on <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place>&rsquo;s exports, which are now being scrutinized further, especially food and drugs in order to avoid the same problem that the international consumers had experienced recently.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">We just never know how long will the stigma last. But for sure, consumers are keeping a watchful eye on whatever food stuffs they buy in the markets. Already, big supermarket chains are having a problem on how to discard their old stocks from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>. And they are feeling the pinch. What they do now is dispose the items at a big bargain as a means to get rid of the old stock, at the expense of losing a great deal from the impacts of the boycott.</font></p>