For the last few months here in Hong Kong, if nothing else, my eyebrows have had a good workout, raising frenziedly with headlines like this leaping out at me from the pages of newspapers (local and international). “Milk Smugglers Top Heroin Courier Arrests in Hong Kong"  "China's Parents Crave Illegally Imported Baby Formula" "Chinese moms risk prison if caught smuggling infant formula, but could they stay in Hong Kong?" and "Hong Kong is troublesome, says milk powder offender" Did somebody say 'milk powder offender?!' Admittedly I was a little baffled as to how something so seemingly innocuous like baby food could be the cause of such scandalous headlines. Then during my latest airport dalliance, a bit like the news headlines every 15 minutes, announcements boomed across the intercom - "Warning: All travellers to China are to take NO more than two tins of infant’s formula across the border!" That's two tins, OK! Message received loud and clear - but just in case you didn't get it, once through customs you'll be greeted by this: … [Read more...]