Extra! Extra! Special food for senior leadership, Pyongyang prize for Chinese film, and alleged Ramadan repression

• China’s elite eat pure food as babies die [Sunday Times, UK]
  "The revelation has provoked anger among the public and embarrassment for the leadership as it battles a food scandal that has further damaged the country’s reputation. "
• Chinese mistrust NZ food [The Dominion Post]
  "Just over half (51.2 per cent) of respondents said they were now less likely to trust New Zealand brands of dairy or other food products than they did before."
• The world is observing what China will do amid crisis [The Australian]
  "Sadly, one of the lessons likely to have been learned by some Chinese interests from this disaster is a very different one: keep foreign firms out of such sectors; they only ultimately cause trouble -- it was the New Zealand Government, alerted by Fonterra, that eventually blew the whistle."
• Politics aside, China film wins Pyongyang prize [Reuters]
  "North Korea and erstwhile friend China may not be as close as "lips and teeth" anymore following Pyongyang's 2006 nuclear test, but a Chinese film has won best picture title at a festival in the reclusive Communist state."
• China's Muslims say Ramadan a time of repression [AP]
  "All that was left on the chin of the Muslim man praying at the huge brownstone mosque was a small patch of stubble. He said officials had forced young men in China's far western Xinjiang region to cut off their beards at the start of the holy month of Ramadan."
• Carrefour China Says Sales of Dairy Products Halved by Scandal [Bloomberg]
  "Carrefour SA, Europe's biggest retailer, said its dairy sales in China fell by 50 percent after government tests showed chemical tainting of milk products. "

Photo from Kyle Procyshyn: Milk from Shanghai-based Bright Daily is now on a buy-one-get-one offer at Carrefour outlets