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Shandong tax authorities dismiss alleged high “bread tax”

Pan Yaomin, a Ji’nan CPPCC member (Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference) and local wheat mill manager recently earned cheers for taking on the government’s tax regime, especially, the tax levied on one particular food: the steamed bun.

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Is the age of mass inflation coming?

The Beijing News: According to the latest numbers released by National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBSC), the past October, CPI has grown by 4.4%, the highest in 25 months.

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Get a dose of your own medicine: Chongqing man drinks formalin

A man in Chongqing was rushed to hospital yesterday after drinking a “big mouthful” of formalin, a solution of highly lethal formaldehyde. He had received a stomach wash and turned out all right.

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Danwei Canteen: Egg Dumplings

In the second episode of Danwei Canteen, Anhui native Li Zhongqin cooks her mother’s egg dumpling recipe, set to music from Anhui.

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Danwei Canteen: Chestnut Chicken Stew

Our new series, Danwei Canteen is a quick guide to traditional Chinese food as it’s prepared where the cuisine was born: in Chinese rural areas and villages.

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Toon omelettes

Kitchen Yo is a new online cooking show about food in China with the first episode featuring Danwei’s Jeremy Goldkorn as host.

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Food for the single life

单身贵族 brand snacks at the local convenience store.

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Dog meat ban for Olympics

No dog meat for the Olympics.

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Sichuan Earthquake Survivors – Photos

In Dujiangyan, I met a group of migrant construction workers taking a lunch break. They have been working in the earthquake zone for a month now, working to clear out the thousands of tons of rubble the earthquake left behind. This man told me he would return to his home province Shaanxi in August, in time to help his family with the harvest.

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Free speech from a former Publicity Department head

Zhong Peizhang on free speech; China gourmet; Paul French vs. Tom Doctoroff; moving to China; music in the Vatican; Barmé on the torch; Chinese firms bargain-hunting.

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