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Consumer This Week in China

Customers at IKEA must register passport numbers to buy kitchen knives

To prevent terrorism during the Expo, Shanghai authorities are requiring customers purchasing kitchen knives to register their identification. Other product lines should be included.

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Consumer

State Council promises to stop reuse of cooking oil

China’s State Council issued a statement on Monday promising to crack down on the use of recycled cooking oil at restaurants, the AP reported. The oil, called "gutter oil" in the domestic media, is China’s latest food safety scandal. The trade is usually conducted by peddlers who buy food waste and oil, then use it […]

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Consumer This Week in China

M&S on the march in China

Can Marks & Spencer turn it around in Shanghai?

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Consumer

Gong Fangxiong, GM of JP Morgan Securities Ltd., on China's development

Gong Fangxiong, GM of JP Morgan Securities, on China’s development: "Retail and other consumer industries, as well as service industries, will become the largest pillars of future economic growth in China."

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Columns & Interviews Consumer

Where's the beef?

Joel Haggard, Asia Pacific senior vice president of the US Meat Export Federation, on bringing red meat to China