In China, there are many established practices concerning shoes, many of which have become standard life etiquette. For example, shoes are presented to a baby one full month after its birth; newlyweds have to wear wedding shoes at their ...
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New York State Agriculture Commissioner Darrel Aubertine has warned consumers in the metropolitan New York area to not consume certain Queso Fresco, Fresh Cheese products made by Mexicali Cheese due to possible Listeria contamination. The ...
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Marchetti Smallgoods is recalling leg ham from independent supermarkets in Victoria, Australia, due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination, according to the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ). The product affected by the recall ...
Caring for Parents Marriage in the Chinese culture signifies who will care for elderly parents when the need arises. Daughters marry "out of the family" and become part of their husband's family, while sons remain within the original ...
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US-based Chattanooga, the maker of MoonPie snacks, has announced the expansion of the recall of its MoonPie Crunch Peanut Butter product over Salmonella contamination concerns. The products subject for the recall include products with ...
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The custom of crying marriage existed a long time ago in many areas of Southwest China's Sichuan Province, and remained in vogue until the end of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Though not so popular as before, the custom is still observed by ...
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The 12,000 Bonan people in China live mainly in Gansu Province, and are one of the country's smallest ethnic minorities. As Muslims, the Bonan have close cultural ties with the Hui ethnic minority. The dialect they speak belongs to the ...
Haha Tone, which is also known as "Hehe Tone", "Liuzi Tune" and "Lala Tune", is a local genre of opera derived from the countryside in Hebei Province. It has a history of 300 years. Being prevailing in Baoding, Cangzhou, Hengshui and ...
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The Korean ethnic group is distributed mainly over the northeast of China, including Jilin Province, Liaoning Province and Heilongjiang Province. Other Korean people disseminate in some cities in other parts of China, such as the Inner ...
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The Maonan minority group is located in the mountainous areas of Guanxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is a traditional agricultural group. Every family used to have a weaving machine and plant blue grass for to dye and make coarse clothes ...
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Sedona Labs is voluntarily recalling certain lots of iFlora Kids Multi-Probiotic dietary supplement due to a possible Salmonella contamination, according to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The recall was initiated after Corn ...
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B.-d. Farm Paris Creek, a dairy products manufacturer in Australia, is recalling Organic Biodynamic Yoghurt Apricot due to microbial contamination (E. coli), according to Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ). This product was sold ...
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Takeda Pharmaceutical Company and H. Lundbeck have submitted a new drug application (NDA) to the FDA for vortioxetine (Lu AA21004), an investigational drug for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD). Vortioxetine is under ...
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According to ancient Chinese literature, kite flying is grouped as one of the seasonal customs. People will know spring is coming as long as they see the various kites flying up in the sky, no matter that the spring ...
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Chinese tattoos have become a raging phenomenon among tattoo enthusiasts of the western world. Chinese tattoos offer beautiful characters with a sense of the exotic and often much deeper meaning than that which lies on the surface. Ci ...
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