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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Buy too much rice in Hong Kong and “you could end up in jail”, Chinese media warned tourists in the wake of the Guangzhou cadmium scandal. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A Danone Group joint venture has agreed to take a stake worth about HK$3.6 billion in China Mengniu Dairy, marking a comeback for the French company in China where food scares have hit consumer confidence. China Mengniu, one of the country’s largest dairy producers, also said on Monday it would set up an 80 per cent-owned joint venture with Danone to develop a chilled yoghurt product portfolio in China, Hong Kong and Macau. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Is anything in China real? Study finds some silk on sale in Beijing do not contain any silk <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Hong Kong Customs said on Saturday it had foiled the largest smuggling attempt by a river trade vessel since 2008 – seizing HK$60 million worth of unmanifested goods including electronic products and endangered species. Customs officers intercepted a river trade vessel bound for Humen in Guangdong Province shortly after it set off from Black Point of Tuen Mun two days ago. Officers then escorted the vessel to the River Trade Terminal in Tuen Mun for closer examination. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 18th, 2013
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Hong Kong saw its first electric taxis hit the streets on Saturday in a step towards reducing the city’s high levels of roadside pollution. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Two men who assaulted a South China Morning Post photographer were given community-service sentences in Fan Ling Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. Cheng Shing-wing, 52, and Li Hak, 51, had each earlier pleaded guilty to one count of common assault. In sentencing the pair, Fan Ling Magistrate Wong Sze-lai described their actions as “inglorious” and “violent”. “The court shall deliver a clear message, that is, violence is never tolerated,” Wong said. “It must be subject to punishment.” <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Sarah Begley, on May 12th, 2013 A Wisconsin dairy farmer is set to go on trial for a strange offense: selling raw milk to a group of consumers who were members of a private buyer’s club. Sarah Begley reports on the clash between regulators and foodies.
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By , on May 11th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Leading conservation groups have called on the government to take urgent action to save Hong Kong’s pink dolphin population from pollution and reclamation. WWF Hong Kong called for an interdepartmental task force to be set up to find ways to save the dolphin population and for steps taken to halt reclamation projects they fear could push the mammals to the brink of extinction in Hong Kong waters. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 11th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> ISLAMABAD (AP) — Polls open in Pakistan’s unpredictable election marking historic democratic transition. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 11th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Chinese state media say a coal mine blast in southwestern China has left 12 people dead and two more injured. The official Xinhua News Agency says the gas explosion occurred on Friday night in Pingba county in Guizhou province. It says the coal mine was operating illegally and that the operators lied about the number of trapped miners and deaths. An investigation is under way. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 11th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jurors have begun deliberations in a breach of contract case against casino giant Las Vegas Sands after hearing conflicting stories from lawyers about the role a Hong Kong businessman played in helping the company enter the lucrative Chinese gambling enclave of Macau. Sands attorney Richard Sauber said in his closing argument that the company knew about opportunities in Macau in the early 2000s and did not need the help of plaintiff Richard Suen. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan court convicts ex-dictator on genocide charges, sentences him to 80 years. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> LAS VEGAS (AP) — A nine-year-old breach of contract case against casino giant Las Vegas Sands neared an end Friday, after jurors heard conflicting stories from lawyers about the role a Hong Kong businessman played in helping Sands enter the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau. Sands attorney Richard Sauber said in his closing argument that the company knew about opportunities in Macau in the early 2000s and did not need the help of plaintiff Richard Suen. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Official: America’s Cup boat nosedived during difficult maneuver, broke into many pieces. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The US Treasury yesterday set sanctions on a Taiwan company and its chief executive for their ties to an effort to supply arms-related equipment to North Korea. The Treasury named Trans Multi Mechanics of Taichung, Taiwan, and chief executive Tony Chang Wen-Fu as having sanctions imposed under laws aimed at freezing the assets of those designated “proliferators of weapons of mass destruction” and their supporters. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Less than a week after Malaysia’s opposition led by the charismatic Anwar Ibrahim posted its best election performance yet, dissent has broken out within his People’s Justice Party (PKR), worrying his coalition partners. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Hundreds of grieving fans paid respects to star Sita Chan yesterday, who they say seemed like a true friend to all of them. Chan died in a car crash three months after winning TVB’s best new female singer award. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A Finnish couple and an Austrian student abducted in Yemen by al-Qaeda militants more than four months ago have been freed and have arrived safety in Vienna, authorities said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Skygazers were treated to an annular solar eclipse in remote areas of Australia yesterday, with the moon crossing in front of the sun to leave a “ring of fire” around its silhouette. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Traces of water inside the moon probably came from the same place as water on earth, a fresh analysis of lunar rocks has found. The findings make for a clearer picture of our neighbour, once viewed as an arid expanse but now considered a frost-coated rock holding water throughout. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Is rice the new ‘milk powder’ for cross-border tensions?
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Buy too much rice in Hong Kong and “you could end up in jail”, Chinese media warned tourists in the wake of the Guangzhou cadmium scandal. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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