Minitrue: Focus on Fake News in Food Scandal
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LatestVaccine Scandal Fearmongering Attracts Backlash
The revelation of a scandal involving the illegal distribution of over US$88 million in improperly...
Netizen Voices: Hygiene Issues at Qingfeng
In December 2013, Xi Jinping launched an ongoing presidential image-crafting campaign at a...
Can the Government Sell the People on GMOs?
At The New Yorker, Christina Larson looks at the Chinese public’s distrust of genetically...
Word of the Week: Ditch Oil
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
Shifting Priorities in Chinese Agriculture
At the Los Angeles Times, Michael Meyer, author of “In Manchuria: A Village Called Wasteland...
North Carolinians Sue Over Pig Manure Lagoons
In 2013, when Shuanghui International bought Smithfield Farms, America’s largest pork...
Will Urban Sprawl Affect China’s Food Security?
At the Guardian, Jonathan Kaiman looks at the town of Nanzhuang, south of Beijing, where hundreds...
Nearly Half of Chinese Food Plants Fail Inspections
DPA International reports that approximately half of all Chinese food plants inspected in 2014 has...
Music Video: Poor Guy Can’t Stop Dying
Cartoon band Whale Island (鲸鱼岛乐队) released its first single just after the Qingming festival, also...
China to End Millennia-old Monopoly on Salt
This week, China announced a decision to begin liberalizing a millennia-old state monopoly on the...
Dead and Alive: Metaphors for (Dis)Obeying the Law
As the OSI food safety scandal rolls on, with some McDonald’s restaurants reportedly selling...
What Do Chinese Dumplings Have to Do With Global Warming? [Updated]
As China faces the latest in a long line of food safety scandals, Nicola Twilley writes at The New...
Word of the Week: Poison Rice
毒大米 (dú dàmǐ): poison rice Rice that has been treated with toxic chemicals to increase its...
Netizen Voices: Yum Brands Scandal
Yum Brands Inc.—the parent company that owns KFC, McDonald’s, and Pizza Hut—has faced its...
China to Restrict Foreign Dairy, Replicate Breast Milk
Effective last Thursday, the Chinese government has set new limits on the sale of foreign milk...
Minister Says He Eats Genetically Modified Food
Amid heated GMO politics and grain espionage debates, agricultural minister Han Changfu expressed...
Back in China, Watching My Words
At Sinosphere, an adaptation of a February 2013 essay by Helen Gao describes her sense of...
