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70 sick in China after eating tainted pig organs [The Associated Press] "At least 70 people in southern China fell ill after eating pig organs contaminated by a banned animal feed additive, state media said Monday. Three people were in the hospital, while the rest were discharged after being treated for stomach aches and diarrhea over the weekend."
Beijing's Olympic building boom becomes a bust [Los Angeles Times] "By Rodman's calculations, 500 million square feet of commercial real estate has been developed in Beijing since 2006, more than all the office space in Manhattan. And that doesn't include huge projects developed by the government. He says 100 million square feet of office space is vacant — a 14-year supply if it filled up at the same rate as in the best years, 2004 through '06, when about 7 million square feet a year was leased."
The flaws in Chinese business: Time to change the act [The Economist] "The rapid collapse of economic activity around Dongguan indicates that China’s private companies are being subjected to the same battering as their counterparts in many other countries. Yet it also raises questions about the long-term survival of many of these companies. They have been among the most dynamic components of China’s fast rise towards prosperity. Their turmoil may be transient. Then again, there are also worries that it is in fact tied to profound flaws in the Chinese economy."

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Today's Links: Pig organ contamination, signs of the post-boom, official visits, and an interesting resignation