Hong Kong KFC Serves Food From Garbage
A KFC restaurant in Hong Kong is caught on a mobile phone camera serving food that was thrown away to customers. In the pictures and video, an employee digs through the garbage and trash can to find...
View ArticleBird Flu's Back
Hong Kong say the mainland is covering up, the mainland say no outbreaks since December despite dozens of dead infected birds washing up on HK's shores. Dry weather and seasonal migration increase...
View ArticleChina Sees 77 Cases of Food Poisoning in Q2 2009
That's a bad thing. I will feel comfortable when China sees 100s of millions of cases of food poisoning each year, because that will mean proper reporting is happening, and proper action can happen....
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Want to Get a Tattoo in Shanghai? Read This First
Getting a tattoo is nerve-wracking enough, but getting one in Shanghai raises even more concerns. Are parlors hygienic? Are the needles safe? How do you tell the good parlors from the bad? more »China...
View ArticlePee in the pool! A Chengdu netizen complains
I went to a school's swimming pool to go swimming, but someone peed in the pool. I wanted to tread water, but I ended up treading pee." Yesterday, a netizen called "Shuai Pang" (translates to something...
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Top secret money laundering in Chengdu
In order to combat the threat of disease spread by currency, the Central Bank has set up banknote-treatment centers in a number of cities across the country, including Chengdu. The locations and...
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Six detained in chemical wine scandal in China: state media
Six people have been detained, several wineries shut down and bottles pulled from shelves in China after authorities found wine containing several chemical additives, state media said Monday. The...
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Eat Chinese, But Eat Safe
Despite a greater government effort to monitor food safety in the wake of high profile contamination incidents – including the 2008 melamine milk poisoning scandal that killed six infants and made...
View ArticleDavid Sedaris: Clearly, not hardcore enough for China
American comedy writer David Sedaris underscored his total wimpiness in a long-winded whine published in the Guardian last week about his experience visiting China, and in particular, Chengdu. Spit,...
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Basi de Hen! Chengdu's Five-Star Toilets
Each one of us could probably write an encyclopedia about bad toilets in Chengdu, but since this is a column devoted to staying positive, I'm going to share with you the few, the proud, the five-star,...
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How to eat jingjiang rousi and stay clean
Many of us know and like the renowned Beijing dish 京酱肉丝 - Sauteed Shredded Pork in Sweet Bean Sauce which is served with tofu wraps. But do you know how to eat it without making a mess, and without...
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Eyeball scraping with a knife: a disappearing trade in Chengdu
There is an old saying in Sichuan, that cleaning the eyes renders the beauty in life visible. And some people in Chengdu like to clean their eyes, literally. Eye cleaning is an ancient craft in the...
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A look Into how Gutter Oil Production is Rife in China
China has a serious health issue on its hands with a type of oil production known as ‘gutter oil’. This is where people will go through dumpsters, trash bins, gutters and even sewers, scooping out...
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