According to the fifth national census in 2000, the Primi population is 33,600. Their language, Primi, is a member of the Tibetan-Burman group of the Sino-Tibetan phylum. In the past, Primi was written using Tibetan characters, however, ...
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The Monba ethnic group resides mainly in Medog, Nyingchi and Cuona Counties within the Tibet Autonomous Region. "Monba" refers to the people living in a beautiful virgin land. Monba people have their own spoken language but no written form. ...
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Maple Leaf Foods has entered into an agreement to acquire Puratone, a leading hog production company in Canada, for C$42m ($42m). The acquisition includes livestock, facilities and interests in some joint ventures. The deal is expected to ...
BioPet Vet Lab has developed a DNA-based system, which can help consumers track the meat from the grocery store or restaurant menu to the farm where the livestock was raised. The company uses a small blood sample from the cow's ear before ...
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On any given day of the week, working days as well as holidays, you will find the people of Nanyang and Zhoukou in Henan Province creating rustic-looking yet colourful clay toys. Children, who like to play with them, call them "Nini Gou" ...
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The Tibetan New Year, similar to the Spring Festival of the Han people, is a traditional festival of Tibetans beginning from the New Year's Day in Tibetan calendar and lasting for 15 days. Since Tibetans are Buddhists, the festival ...
The different branches of the Achang people have religious beliefs with many common elements, as well as evident differences. The Achang from Husa The Achang from Husa are Buddhist. They follow the Theravada school of ...
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BioPet Vet Lab,an animal biotechnology company specializing in DNA applications,has launched IntegriMEAT,a DNA-based program designed to track and identify livestock. The company has entered into a partnership with Southern Natural ...
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Population and Distribution: The Nu ethnic minority mainly live in the Bijiang, Fugong and Gongshan counties of the southwest of Yunnan Province, with some in the Lanping and Weixi counties. In comparison to the other ethnic groups in ...
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The Mulam minority mainly inhabits in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. They called themselves "Ling" or "Jin". In the past, the Mulam people were polytheistic and had many festivals. Except for October and November, there are ...
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There are mainly three kinds of etiquettes in China. The first category is the daily life etiquette: including meeting etiquette, introduction etiquette, conversation etiquette, banquet etiquette, reception etiquette, dance ...
Canada is proposing new regulations which would make traceability mandatory for pigs,as a part of its effort to strengthen the country's livestock sector. According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency(CFIA),an enhanced traceability ...
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CHS,a US-based energy,grains and foods company,has announced that it will be the exclusive off-take company for the urea fertilizer produced by the Summit Texas Clean Energy Project,a plant at Penwell,Texas. CHS will also be a minor ...
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US meat company Central Valley Meat (CVM) has reopened its California meat facility after the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) accepted its action plan involving humane treatment of livestock. Recently, USDA shut the plant after it was ...
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American agribusiness company Cargill reported that its net earnings for the fiscal 2013 first quarter ended 31 August 2012 soared 313% to $975m, compared to $236m the previous year. Revenues for the first quarter were $33.8bn, down 2.3% ...
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