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Is there any genuine Maotai in Qingdao?

The City Sun investigates in the city, and then travels to the town of Maotai to get the full story.

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Cao Cao’s tomb is a fake

Today’s Modern Express reports that a tomb in Anyang, Henan Province excavated late last year that was claimed to contain the remains of legendary warrior Cao Cao is fake.

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Shanxi admits graft, denies vaccine danger

Reporters get feisty at a press conference in Shanxi.

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Fake pigeon eggs in Chongqing

Enterprising quail farmers bleach their eggs and sell them as pigeon eggs, which command prices 30 times higher.

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A grand day at the park, enhanced by the People’s Daily

People’s Daily clones some birds to make a more harmonious image of humanity coexisting with nature in a Guangxi park.

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Fake beer, fake money, and fake milk powder

Dongguan Times (东莞时报): Police in Humen, Guangdong Province busted a fake beer producer yesterday.

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Fake officers selling fake cigarettes

On July 6, three men clad in the uniform of the People’s Armed Police were arrested by (real) police for hawking fake brand name cigarettes in Zhangmu, Guangdong province.

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Who’s to blame for Hamburg’s fake terracotta warriors?

China Newsweek (中国新闻周刊) discusses the origin of the fake terracotta warriors (兵马俑) at Hamburg’s Museum of Ethnology.

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