He's not Filipino but I've always wanted to feature people who are heroes, regardless of their nationality. I read an article today about what this guy did - he took up the cudgels of all the parents whose children figured in that melamine tainted milk in China. His efforts paid off as the milk was recalled and the people behind it were jailed. However, when Zhao stepped up his efforts and now started asking the government for more compensation for the children affected, that's when the Chinese government put its foot down and jailed the poor Zhao. That thing also happens here in the Philippines - especially during the Marcos and Arroyo administrations. The whistleblowers get shot themselves! Nevertheless, like Zhao, I praise them for their courage and I hope those on the sidelines can take the cudgels for him and pressure the normally tightly clenched Chinese government to see that Zhao indeed also has a point - precisely because Chinese children were affected in this case - their country's greatest asset.
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