Minitrue: No More Reports on African Swine Fever
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
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China’s BGI Cloning on “Industrial Scale”
BBC science editor David Shukman writes that “China is on a trajectory that will see it...
Warren Ellis on Pig Disposal and Chinese Innovation
At the Paris Review, Molly Crabapple and British author Warren Ellis discuss how the...
Hexie Farm (蟹农场): The River of Pigs
For the latest installment in his CDT series, cartoonist Crazy Crab of Hexie Farm visits recent news of more than 3,000 dead pigs found floating in the Huangpu River outside Shanghai. While the cause of the pigs’ death is...
A Media Star Is Born (and It’s a Pig)
While parents whose children died in the Sichuan earthquake are suing government officials and contractors, some lighter post-quake news is being reported, in the form of a miracle pig. From the New York Times blog: In the weeks...
Pig Farming Banned in Dongguan – The Beijing News
A commentary from the Beijing News translated by CDT: From January 1, 2009 onward, pig farming will be banned in all of Dongguan City, a leading manufacturing base in Guangdong Province. A Dongguan official made this announcement at a working conference about cleaning up pollution from the poultry industry. Many counter the government decision, saying […]
Photo: A man sells a pig in a village in Jiangxi
A man sells a pig in a village in Jiangxi, by Liu Jianfeng
Rising Pork Prices in China Signal Pricier Times Worldwide – Keith Bradsher
The soar in the price of pork, along with other meat, this spring may signal the beginning of inflation, according to this story from International Herald Tribune: Few things are as essential to the Chinese as their pigs. From pork spare ribs and mu shu pork to char siu bao – barbecued pork buns – […]
Photo: Two piglets compete in a swimming race, part of the “Pig Olympics”
Two piglets compete in a swimming race, part of the “Pig Olympics”, by Natalie Behring
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