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China punishes social media, websites on coup talk
March 31, 2012 12:04 PM
BEIJING (AP) - China is shuttering more than a dozen websites, penalizing two popular social media sites and detaining six people for circulating rumors of a coup that rattled Beijing in the midst of its worst high-level political crisis in years. The announcement carried late Friday by official media said... more » -
Roses are red...and they taste good, too!
September 3, 2010 4:22 PM
Ecuador has long been a major producer of flowers, now marketers are exploring a new idea--roses on dinner plates, instead of in vases. Restaurants from New York to Beijing are trying to attract customers with novelty dishes. Many of those dishes contain organic rose petals grown in Ecuador. In... more » -
China's tainted milk caused kidney damage
February 23, 2010 2:41 PM
More than one in 10 Chinese children sickened by contaminated milk showed signs of kidney damage six months afterward, researchers have found, raising concerns about the long-term effects of the country's massive food safety scandal. At least six children died and nearly 300,000 children fell ill two years ago... more »
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