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Maotai, now with chemical additives

If you are familiar with drinking heavily or going to Chinese banquets (basically the same thing), you've probably been forced to chug try some Maotai. Deemed "China's national liquor" by Reuters, Maotai or máotáijiǔ (茅台酒) is one of the most famous brands of Chinese rice wine (or báijiǔ). Although dignitaries like Margaret Thatcher and Richard Nixon have put this put-hair-on-your-chest drink to their conservative lips, the popular liquor is now threatened. You see, Maotai is...

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By Pete Chorba in , , on May 16, 2007 8:57 PM

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Today's Links: Spy slammed, worker's wages to rise, and Chinese rockets to fly


  • Chinese monthy trade surplus nearly doubles

    "...the February surge was caused by exporters shipping goods early to beat an expected change in taxes, leaving less to ship in March."



  • US engineer found guilty of 'spying' for China

    "Mak was convicted on two counts of attempting to send sensitive material to China, acting as a foreign agent without notifying the US government and making false statements to federal agents."



  • 133 punished for roles in mining disasters

    "The serious accidents should be taken as 'lessons that have come at the cost of blood and lives,'"



  • Chinese stocks fall after high

    "A stock-market bubble has been building rapidly,... The risk is getting higher that it will burst".



  • Is 2009 the year China's labourers get a pay rise?

    "China may face a shortage in its work force in two years time because the amount of surplus labor will not be as great as has been estimated"



  • Foreign banks paying more for good Chinese staff

    "Finding and retaining good personnel was ranked the second- most difficult aspect of the Chinese banking industry by the 40 foreign banks polled, behind regulation."



  • Have property investment laws for foreigners been relaxed?

    "...deposits for land bidding can now not only be paid with RMB, but also US dollars, Hong Kong dollars, Japanese yen and euros, payable to the municipal land bureau. This was not the case in the past."



  • Subdued repsonse from China, South Korea, to Japanese PM's War Shrine Gift

    "A Chinese government spokeswoman, Jiang Yu, told reporters that Yasukuni was an “important and sensitive political issue” and asked Japan to “strictly abide” by its pledges to cooperate with China."



  • China rubber stamps five-year space development plan

    "China should give priority to a manned space flight, lunar exploration, new launch vehicle, high-resolution earth observation"



  • A CBA on the VTech massacre

    "The authorities declared this case domestic despite Cho's legal status as a Korean citizen, while the media plastered the front pages citing "Korean" as his national origin."



  • Hangzhou announces humane stray canine crackdown

    "The dogs will first receive tranquilizers to keep them calm before they are injected with a special medicine..."



  • Harbin's Songhua River rehab program to last 10 years.

    "the rehabilitation effort for the Songhua River, one of the most heavily polluted rivers in the country, would remain in effect for 10 years"



  • A giant city needs a giant sewage plant

    "The water that leaves the plant will still not be drinkable, however, and the city will still have a long way to go before all of its river discharges are properly treated"



  • Virus Suspected in Chinese Pig Deaths

    "... tests to determine if the (Chinese) disease is porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, a viral disease... it is the costliest virus for swine herds in the United States."



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    By Tim Beckenham in on May 11, 2007 10:07 PM

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    We swear, we're not trying to ruin your weekend

    Shanghaiist keeps following these stories on rabies that keep popping up around the country. Slaughters are happening in places like Nanjing, and now stories about dog bites and rabies cases in Shanghai and Beijing. Our paranoid mind can't help but wonder if the state media is planting seeds of warning.

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    By Bliss Khaw in , on August 25, 2006 2:38 PM

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    Pearl River: 'Neither black nor stinky'

    But taking a dip into a major, disgustingly-polluted body of water is exactly what the governor of Guangdong Province and the mayor of Guangzhou did ... along with 3,500 other loyal citizens. Why? To prove that the Pearl River is now "neither black nor stinky" -- in certain sections -- after 30 years of being completely offensive:

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    By Bliss Khaw in , on July 14, 2006 11:19 AM

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    China points finger at polluters

    When we first visited Dandong in Liaoning province, our heart kind of went out to the little North Korean kids swimming in the Yalu River. Now we really feel sorry for them. Dandong's Xinjulang Paper Factory has been pumping 12,000 tons of concentrated waste into that river every day. The State Environmental Protection Authority has told the plant to stop production. This is all part of China's effort to publicly shame its worst polluters "amid concerns that the country's environmental problems have become so serious they are undermining economic growth and social stability":

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    By Dan Washburn in , on February 9, 2006 10:03 PM

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    Chemical spills, local authorities and you

    An explosion at Chinese chemical plant -- no, not that one -- will not affect Shanghai's water supply ... so say the ever-reliable "local authorities." The blast occurred Thursday at the Jiangdu Chemical Plant, near Yangzhou in Jiangsu province, which neighbors Shanghai, and straddles the Yangtze River, the source of much of Shanghai's water.

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    By Dan Washburn in , on December 4, 2005 10:19 AM

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