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The U.S. and other countries were in an uproar when it was discovered that Chinese manufacturers had added the chemical melamine to their products, which were used to make pet food and suspected of killing animals in America. But now it has been revealed that some American firms have been doing the same thing for […]
Read MoreDanwei has translated a column from Southern Metropolis Daily by blogger and journalist Lian Yue about the food safety issue: After The New York Times published explosive special reports about medicine and food safety in China, a huge problem that faces ordinary Chinese people has finally became a international issue. It’s a shocking reminder of […]
Read MoreCDT reported earlier on protests against a proposed P-Xylene chemical plant in Xiamen. Xinhua has now reported that the plans have been cancelled. From IHT: Chinese citizens alarmed about pollution won a rare victory Wednesday when a city froze a chemical project after angry residents joined hands through a flood of mobile phone text messages. […]
Read MoreHoward French reports from Chongqing on the building of a megacity, which is attracting 200,000 new residents a year: China has built megacities before, of course. The country’s rich east abounds with them, strung along the coast from Tianjin in the north to Shenzhen in the far south like so many pearls. But the swift […]
Read MoreThe government has taken steps to cool a potential bubble in the stock market. From AP: Chinese stocks plunged Wednesday after the government raised a tax on share trades, trying to cool a market boom amid growing concerns about a possible bubble. The main Shanghai Composite Index tumbled 6.5 percent at 4,071.27 after hitting a […]
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