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China offers cash for tips on food safety violations

The Chinese government will offer as much as US$48,200 (RMB300,000) to those who report food safety violations, following high-profile cases at restaurants including KFC, Reuters reported, citing state media. A Xinhua News Agency report said rewards will be paid out after the tip-offs are verified as legitimate. The new action follows a series of other […]

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Death or taxes

Beijing’s toxic air is a reminder of the urgent need to reform Chinese resource prices

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Not a bang, but a whimper

The state monopoly will prevent a shale gas revolution in China

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The made-in-China fallacy

Contrary to popular belief, Chinese imports support US jobs, writes Terry Miller of the Heritage Foundation

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Officials break up Southern Weekly protests

Police and plain-clothed officers broke up protests outside the headquarters of Southern Weekly, a Guangzhou-based newspaper that challenged the censorship and alterations of its editorial content last week, Financial Times reported. The officers dragged away protesters Thursday morning after allowing several days of demonstrations. The end to the lax treatment of censorship protests came as […]