links for 2007-05-01

• Filler in animal feed is open secret in China - International Herald Tribune
  For years, producers of animal feed all over China have secretly supplemented their feed with the substance, called melamine, a cheap additive that looks like protein in tests, even though it does not provide any nutritional benefits, according to melamin
  (tags: china food health)
• China in Transition: Cartoon Channel Cancellation Received Mixed Reactions
  The parents complained that their children spent too much time, including sleep and homework hours, watching the cartoon channel, a subsidiary of Hunan Satellite TV and available in about a dozen Chinese cities.
  (tags: china television)
• Michael Yon : Online Magazine » Blog Archive » Desires of the Human Heart, Part II
  There were many family members around, and though the men were happy to see us, they seemed skeptical that we are going to stay, voicing concerns that our soldiers have come there before, but not stuck around. (GZE2 - Great photo blog...)
  (tags: iraq waronterror blogs)
• Michael J. Totten: The View from the North
  Colonel Salahdin spoke to us about his experience as an anti-Baathist guerilla fighter during Saddam Hussein’s genocidal Anfal Campaign – when 200,000 people were killed and more than 5,000 villages were destroyed.
  (tags: iraq waronterror blogs)
• Atlas Shrugs: CONFESSIONS OF A SANDMONKEYSANDMONKEY TALKS TO ATLAS
  Any kind of democratic reform in the country [Egypt] for the past 3 years has been rolled back specifically because there is no more pressure coming from Washington anymore.
  (tags: blogs egypt)
• Slogans with Chinese characteristics
  武装抗税是非法行为。 Armed resistance to taxation is illegal.
  (tags: china propoganda)
• Channelnewsasia.com: China is Biggest Expionage Threat To Canada
  China ranked at the top of its list of more than a dozen countries believed to be spying on Canada (GZE2 - Not only Canada...)
  (tags: canada china politics)
• Scotsman.com Sport - Motorsport - Formula One - Mansell cites luck and Mercedes for rise of Hamilton
  "Lewis has lucked into a fabulous car," Mansell told website www.sportasylum.com. "Mercedes must be very relieved they have a competitive car this year. McLaren is a fantastic race team that has many, many championship wins with great drivers. "What Lewis
  (tags: cars formula1)