China in 2008 was ridiculed for food safety concerns and political corruption. The WHO had also condemned the scandal and had called the incident 'deplorable'. More than 11 foreign countries had halted all kinds of imports of Chinese dairy products.
US Senator Marsha Blackburn decided to take Chen Weihua, head-on, instead of backing down. She replied back by calling him a 'thug' and a 'puppet' of Chinese Premier Xi Jinping.