Is China copying American companies like Bayer Co?

by angryindian | April 19, 2007 at 04:46 pm

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I have no idea what is behind this, but it reminds me of another case involving Bayer Co. selling HIV contaminated blood to poor countries. This was discussed on the Scarbourgh Country for MSNBC with Joe Papantonio from Air America. This is not a conspiracy theory, this really happened. Is this another case of Chinese "Americanisation" to the degree that they too are now employing a profits-first philosophy and like Bayer Co., primarily were seeking to avoid a financial loss? - The Angryindian

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From Spocko's Brain:

So the FDA wanted to go to China to check out the source of the
contaminated pet food. China said no. Our Sen. Durbin said, "Hey,
that's unacceptable." He's waiting for a reply. (see release and letter
to Chinese ambassador below.)

One of the big frustration in
this whole contaminated pet food crisis is companies (and now nations)
withholding information. There are multiple reasons for this. Some are
legit. If you rush to say that company X sold something that kills
people and you are wrong, that could destroy reputations. But what if
you have PROOF? And you have confirmed the information and you STILL
don't tell people? What if you want to get more info to SAVE lives? And
the people who have that info won't share it? Or they deny reality? Are
there any consequences to this refusal to share? Besides the moral
responsibility, is there any legal responsibility?

You are right ifcastro. Thanks for the correction. They were founded in Germany in 1863. When I went to check out their pedigree, I found out some other information I did not know:

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From Wikipedia:

As part of the reparations after World War I, Bayer had its assets, including rights to its name and trademarks, confiscated in the United States, Canada, and several other countries. In the United States and Canada, Bayer's assets and trademarks were acquired by Sterling Drug, a predecessor of Sterling Winthrop.

Bayer became part of IG Farben,
a conglomerate of German chemical industries which formed the financial
core of the Nazi regime. IG Farben owned 42.5% of the company that
manufactured Zyklon B [citation needed], a chemical used in the gas chambers of Auschwitz, and was the only German company to operate its own concentration camp[citation needed]. When the Allies split IG Farben after World War II for involvement in several Nazi war crimes,
Bayer reappeared as an individual business. Bayer executive Fritz ter
Meer, sentenced to seven years in prison by the Nuremberg War Crimes
Tribunal, was made head of the supervisory board of Bayer in 1956,
after his release.

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Pretty bad stuff. Regardless, it is surely a capalistic model of modern business to guard against loss at all costs. I suspect that China's new economy is slowly becoming a culture of anything goes as it has shown itself to be in the West. I find it sad in any case when a firm places profits before humans and in this case, domestic animals.

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