In May, the consumer price index (CPI) went up by 2.1 percent year-on-year. The prices grew by 2.1 percent in cities and 2.2 percent in rural areas. The food prices went up by 3.2 percent, while the non-food prices increased by 1.6 percent. ...
Tags: economy, Consumer Prices, china
A testing conducted to assess the use of sulphur dioxide in meat revealed that all 140 fresh meat samples passed the test, according to Hong Kong's Center for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD). The ...
Tags: Meat, Sulphur Dioxide
China’s government officials began the year with assurances to the world that 2013 would mark a new era of food safety. The bureaucrats were still patting each other on the back, when in March, a flotilla of 16,000 dead hogs bobbed ...
Tags: Food Safety, China
In most areas the Zhuang nationality people are used to have three meals a day, while in some places the local Zhuang people have four meals a day that means they have one more snack between lunch and supper. The breakfast and lunch are ...
Tags: Eating Habits, Zhuang Nationality, foods
According to National Bureau of Statistics of China, Chinese agricultural products' price in 36 major Chinese cities declined for the third consecutive week. The Ministry of Commerce said in a statement that the average wholesale price ...
Tags: vegetables, cucumbers
Besides the various Han cuisines, the other 55 ethnic groups each have their own. With their peculiar religions and geographical zones, their diets differ respectively and are full of interest. Hui Cuisine The Hui ethnic group possesses ...
Tags: Minority Food, Cuisine
Chinese medicinal cuisine is a long standing tradition. Early records show that it was in use as far back as the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220). Through continual improvement during succeeding dynasties, it has developed into a practical ...
Tags: Medicinal Food, cuisine
In March, the consumer price index (CPI) went up by 2.1 percent year-on-year. The prices grew by 2.0 percent in cities and 2.2 percent in rural areas. The food prices went up by 2.7 percent, while the non-food prices increased by 1.8 ...
Tags: Consumer Prices, CPI
French authorities have found 57 tons of banned mutton at the French company Spanghero, which was earlier implicated in the horsemeat scandal. Spanghero operates a factory in Castelnaudary, near Toulouse, in south-west France. The meat ...
Abstract: Solar terms originated in China. A solar term is any of 24 points in traditional East Asian lunisolar calendars that matches a particular astronomical event or signifies some natural phenomenon. Lichun refers to the spring and new ...
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When the sun reaches the celestial longitude of 240 degrees on November 22 to November 23 each year, it’s the time for “Light Snow”. Some areas along the Yellow River start to snow. It’s usually light snow, freezing ...
In the year of 2012, in face of the increasingly complicated and severe international situation and arduous tasks of domestic reform, development and stability, the Central Party Committee and the State Council took scientific development ...
In the first three quarters of 2012, faced with the complicated and volatile economic environment at home and abroad, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council committed to the general tone of progressing steadily, correctly handled ...
South Korean government has announced its decision pertaining to the expansion of the country-of-origin labeling rules to include agricultural and fishery products that are sold at restaurants. The latest move is part of the government's ...
Tags: South Korean, expansion, country-of-origin labeling rules, agriculture
Population and Language: Southwest of the Gansu Province, the area of Mt. Jishishan Bonan, Dongxiang, and Salar Autonomous County is home to the Bonan ethnic minority. With a population of just sixteen thousand, they are one of the ...
Tags: ethnic minorities, paper-cutting, engraving unique flower patterns