From Reuters: In an effort to involve children in a creative exercise of self-expression, the Red Cross gave 200 disposable cameras to fourth, fifth and sixth-graders in the Southern Ningxia region to capture their world on film and document their daily lives. They were taught the basics of photography and asked to follow their instincts. […]
Read MoreFrom the Economist: Eating can be a risky business in China: 87 people died in one recent outbreak of food poisoning. Yet the authorities and the media seem oddly fixated on the supposed transgressions of foreign firms. Earlier this month health inspectors began looking into KFC’s practice of adding a preservative called magnesium trisilicate to […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: A travel agency in Zhejiang Province is offering package tours for people who want to dine on the deadly pufferfish. But do so at your own risk. Pufferfish, also known as blowfish, balloon fish or globefish, is famous for its deadly poisonous spawns and organs, and its delicious taste. Eating poorly prepared […]
Read MoreFrom Shanghai Daily: VILLAGER Liu Xiaoyan had every reason to knock the water ladle from the hands of her underage son who was ready to drink from it recently at their home: The well water had been tainted with lead. Residents of a village in Chaling County, Hunan Province, now only use the well water […]
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