The Wall Street Journal 

If a diner in the US consumes a lunch of tilapia, mushrooms and spinach, there's a decent chance the entire meal was imported from China. And the overwhelming odds are that none of those foods were inspected by the Food and Drug Administration when they arrived in the US.

This week's revelation that nearly half the rice sold in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou was found to be tainted with cadmium is just the latest in a long string of eye-catching stories that illustrate the dangers of eating in China. But lost in the exhaustive media coverage of the polluted foods that find their way on to Chinese tables are serious questions about what happens - or doesn't happen - when Chinese food products make their way into the US.

Chinese food product imports to the US are continuing to rise, but inspections in both China and the US aren't keeping pace, posing a growing danger to consumers. Many of the imports are used by restaurants and food processors; so consumers see no labels.

PC World 

The European Union (EU) may be trying to protect its telecom equipment industry with its recent threat to investigate China over networking equipment imports. But the move could end up hurting the chances of Western vendors intent on supplying technology to China's upcoming 4G services launch, according to analysts.

Last week, the EU set off fears of a trade war with China after it said it could resort to probing the nation's sales of mobile networking gear for anti-competitive practices. In response, China has warned the EU against taking "protectionist" measures that would damage economic relations between the two governments.

The EU has yet to launch its investigation, and wants to negotiate with China over a resolution. But the trade tensions risk affecting the tendering process to build China's 4G networks.