If they really concerned about curbing pollution, they’d be after the PRC 24/7.

The drawback of that ‘moral’ stance? Winding up in a Chinese prison on ‘god-knows-what’ charge, for as long as they want to keep you there.

No, it’s much safer to bully Japanese companies where the worst that can happen is being politely told to ‘go away’ [by either the police or the government].

Defenders of the environment?

Feh. You want show your concern for Mother Earth? Go protest the North Koreans. They’re worse polluters than the PRC.

Now that would take guts.

In March 1981, after 26 years had passed, it was finally acknowledged that 13,389 persons had ingested MF milk, that 600 persons had died as a result, and that 6,093 persons were suffering from continuing health difficulties, with 624 afflicted by severe mental retardation, developmental difficulties, and brain-damage-related paralysis.

If one were to attribute the cause of this incident simply to a default in the production system of powdered baby milk, then one would fail to see its true repercussions. In fact, the incident was part of a social trend in which the practice of breast-feeding fell victim to the mechanisms of mass consumption promoted by the dairy industry, which took advantage of the general atmosphere in society at large, the medical administration, and, particularly, the community of paediatricians.

Japan is badass!

Last thing I remember about china is its deadly pollution and corruption.
I didn’t even begin to suspect China had something as ridiculous as an environmental law.

Doh.

http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/10/13/the-emerging-surveillance-society-in-japan/

I guess it’s wrong if a Japanese company damages China’s environment, but it’s okay if China does it.