The last few weeks have seen supermarkets across China emptied of salt, and the Net Nanny tightening Internet restrictions up one notch. more ›

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A 60-year-old Shanghai woman told China Central Television (CCTV) that she called the police after a store refused to give her a refund for 50 packages of salt that she bought last week. more ›

Rumours are rife that a man from Cixi, Zhejiang has died from an overdose of iodised salt after he consumed large amounts of the food seasoning to protect himself from the radiation. The Cixi government has brushed the reports aside as "rumours". Jiang Yong of China News Agency writes yesterday: more ›

Bill Dodson of the This is China! blog writes:

I first heard of the rationing of salt in restaurants when I was in Shanghai yesterday, eating lunch with Chinese friends. I wanted to put salt on my french fries. One of my companions offered to get the salt for me from the order counter. She mumbled something about salt being precious. I thought it was an odd comment. I looked around at the other tables in the restaurant to see none of them had salt shakers. I didn’t think anything more of it. more ›

Multiple government agencies and state-owned enterprises have begun a campaign led by the Ministry of Commerce to put a stop to the wave of panic buying that saw supermarkets and stores emptied of salt in Zhejiang, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Jiangsu and Hubei provinces as well as the municipalities of Beijing and Chongqing. more ›

An epidemic of panic buying hit supermarkets and stores across China beginning yesterday as shoppers laid their hands on any salt they could find under the false assumption that the ubiquitous food seasoning offers protection against radiation exposure. more ›

Over the past few months, there have been a number of shocking discoveries concerning our food. The chemicals found in wines all over China were found to cause cancer, left over oil was being recycled, reused and repackaged to be sold back to the public, and lard made from that oil was causing serious illness... A new addition to the already growing list of false, faked and potentially fatal food products is salt. more ›

Nancy Sinatra had no idea.....her boots may have been made for walking, but with the rains never ceasing in Shanghai, boots made for walking just ain't cutting it. We need boots made for sloshing...rubber rain boots. Sleek and sexy ones. Ones that you can wear for both home and office. Well, depending on your office dress codes. more ›

Look what we received in the mail today! It seems that Shanghai authorities are taking a creative step forward in helping residents to consume less salt with this nifty package. Encased is a small plastic spoon that holds 2 grams of salt (as seen inverted at the top of the handle) and on the package, it advises residents to consume only 3 spoonfuls of salt a day to prevent high blood pressure. On the flip side, it details suggestions on how to lessen salt consumption when cooking and for residents over 35 years old to test their blood pressure. more ›