From waste leather to drug capsules: Toxic gelatin factory exposed in Hebei
The latest item on the toxic food list in China is drug capsules made of industrial gelatin extracted from bleached waste leathers. Such capsules can cause cancer due to high level of chromium resulting from leather tanning processing. As of now, China has banned the sale of 13 drugs and arrested 22 for allegedly making and selling capsules made from discarded leather.
Below are pictures from Xue Yang Ming Gelatin Protein Factory in Hengshui, Hebei Pronvice. The factory was reported to sell waste leather gelatin to drug capsule manufacturers in Zhejiang Province.
Waste leather, aka, “blue leather”
“Blue leathers” soaked for days so that they are “white” and puffed up
Soaking plates for waster leather
Brewing facilities
Warehouse
Waste leather stocks
Waste water from the factory
The head of the factory has already been arrested and workshops shut down
Monday's newspapers report on the meeting between top representatives from Beijing and Taipei on the sidelines of the annual Boao Forum for Asia.
China's Vice-Premier Li Keqiang told Taiwan's Vice-President-elect Wu Den-yih that further economic co-operation between mainland China and Taiwan would bring benefit to both sides, reports the China Daily.
China regards Taiwan as a break-away province, and Mr Li told Mr Wu that both the Chinese and Taiwanese economies belonged to "the economy of ethnic Chinese", says the People's Daily.
Mr Wu is attending the forum in the capacity of chief adviser of the Cross-Straits Common Market Foundation. Such an arrangement for cross-strait talks has been in place for several years.
Citing Confucian classic the Book of Rites, Mr Wu replied that both sides should "cement peaceful relations by upholding good faith", says Hong Kong's Ming Pao Daily News.
Meanwhile, regional newspapers such as Guangzhou's Southern Metropolis Daily report on further expansion of the Taiwan individual tourists scheme to 10 more Chinese cities, due to start at the end of this month.
Shanghai Morning Post says the new pool of cities has better market potential for Taiwan tours.
China Daily and People's Daily lead their front pages with the visit to Cambodia by President Hu Jintao ahead of an Asean summit, with China Daily's headline saying that Sino-Asean ties are key to peace in South China Sea.
There is speculation that Mr Hu will put pressure on Cambodia - which is the rotating president of Asean - to put the South China Sea dispute off the agenda.
The two national papers also report the meeting between Premier Wen Jiabao and his Malaysian counterpart Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
And after a month of tension in Tibet, China Daily and People's Daily each run a commentary saying the Tibetan Government-in-Exile based in Dharamsala has no legitimacy to represent the Tibetan people.
Southern Metropolis Daily also marks the beginning of direct bullet train services between the southern financial city of Shenzhen with central Wuhan.
Shanghai Morning Post says the new high-speed rail link - which will eventually link up the capital Beijing with Hong Kong - will reduce travel time between Shanghai and Beijing from nearly a day to just eight hours.
Beijing News reports that Cao Jianlin, vice-minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology, has reassured people that China's high-speed railway technology is among the most advanced in the world.
In Hong Kong, most newspapers including The Standard and Ming Pao Daily News cover the rally opposing the election of Chun-ying Leung - commonly known as CY Leung - as the city's new chief executive.
Demonstrators also demanded Beijing authorities not intervene in Hong Kong's internal affairs, reports say.
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