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I choose Mongolia for my humanities project.

2/1/10 Current Event #1 Feb. 1, 2010 China-donated relief goods arrives in Mongolia http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90783/91300/6884864.html

Summary: Mongolia has some of the coldest weather in the world, due to being on a plateau in one of the coldest regions of the it's continent. To help, China donated a large quantity of canned and packaged goods to Ulan Bator (the capital of Mongolia) in order to help them fight the harsh weather. After they unloaded the goods, a hand-over ceremony was held at the the airport in Ulan Bator by the deputy prime minister of Mongolia (Miegombyn Enkhbold) and Chinese Ambassador to Mongolia Yu Hongyao.

My Reaction: From what I understand, Mongolia has some of the harshest weather in the world, with winters going down in temperature to as low as - 6º. I think it is a very nice gesture for China to send relief to Mongolia since the country does not have as many advantages as other ones. Mongolian economy is based on agriculture and livestock. They especially have good livestock, and raise organic plants, but still lack in market value. Many people need the canned and packaged foods China offered to get through winter more smoothly, since raising certain plants and livestock is much more difficult in the winter season.

3/9/10 Current Event # 2


 * A.** Why China Keeps Poisoning the Milk
 * B.** The Wall Street Journal Asia
 * C.** http://www.mongolia-web.com/business-and-economy/2669-why-china-keeps-poisoning-the-milk
 * D.** The Prime Minister of Mongolia has told Mongolian businesses to keep an eye on the quality of their products if they wish to compete in International market. China and Japan are dealing with a crisis (perhaps the one of the most serious in recent crises) involving the quality of their goods. China is searching with a falcon's eye for 170 tons of contaminated milk powder that is still on the shelves. But Japan is more focused on what went wrong with it's automotive industry Toyota. This contaminated milk was created by milk suppliers who thought they could mislead laboratory equipment into believing it had high amounts of protein compared to other brands by adding a toxic chemical called melamine. It is not clear if there was even any natural milk in the mixture at all. Six babies were killed, 300,000 were sickened and 50,000 were hospitalized thus an internal crisis among Asian families had risen.
 * E.** I believe it is taboo to put your own people at risk for the sake of profit. Six infants died and 350,000 endangered because greedy people felt they needed to make more money, cheaply and easily.
 * F.** I think the civilians of Mongolia, China and many other Asian countries should keep a hawk's eye out for money hungry glutens like the ones mentioned above. They not only should protect their health from what they eat but also the money they pay with. A crisis like this must not be allowed to happen again.