OFFBEAT MAIL

The China syndrome is taking a heavy toll on imported products from China. For that matter, everybody is now taking extra precautions as to what products they are buying in the markets, which are overflooded with cheap goods from China. Even America, which accommodated so much of Chinese-made goods, was awakened by the recent deaths of domestic pets that are pet food products from China. The above incident has elicited uproar from consumers thus prompting Chinese authorities to investigate and meted death penalty to a high ranking food and drug official in China. According to reports, the incident was spawned by the presence of contaminated food products which eventually killed the dogs and cats in America. However, even with the recent execution of a Chinese official, the fear will hang in the air for a long time. Nobody knows for sure how it will go away. Perhaps, the black eye has caused so many losses on China’s exports, which are now being scrutinized further, especially food and

There we go again. Boxing fans are expected to witness the same old faces at the international boxing arena. Philippines' popular boxer Manny Pacquiao and Mexico's Marco Antonio Barrera are again pitted against each other on Oct. 6 in Las Vegas for a rematch, which many boxing observers considered as a money-making venture by promoters who always hungry for cash. How many times have they fought, with Barrera always going to the canvass? A lot of boxing fans knew first hand that the rematch is surely on the side of Pacquiao , who may have studied the boxing style of Barrera. Unless Barrera's trainers have something new to prove and outwit the lightning punches of Pacquiao , whom even Floyd Mayweather is thrilled to see the Filipino fight his opponent up in the ring. But it seemed Barrera's strategies are not new anymore to Pacquiao , who ran for a congressional seat in his hometown but eventually lost a scion of a political dynasty whose roots are deep in Mindanao pol