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More dead pigs and a thousand dead ducks dumped in rivers

Has tragedy become farce? As the vile mystery of several thousand dead pigs floating down rivers in Shanghai continues to roil, Chinese newspapers today report that a thousand dead ducks have been found floating down a river in Sichuan, and fifty dead … Continue reading

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The benefits of allowing free land trade – reflections on land allocation in China

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. Although China controls an extensive territory, pressure on land is high. A large proportion of … Continue reading

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Dog bites man in the Beijing Morning Post

New animal attack regulations.

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Mothers ask for c-sections to send their children to school early

City Evening News: Mothers in Changchun and Chongqing take c-sections to send their children to school early

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Slow, polluting seniors removed from Beijing city streets

Zhang Rui writes about a Beijing plan to ban seniors from the city’s streets, with the goal of reducing gridlock among pedestrians.

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