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A Bite of Innovation: The innovation behind pork belly wrapped chicken

AnycuisineisnothingifnotcreativeinChina.ChickenwrappedinporkbellyisasouthernChineseclassic,butnowachefhastakenittoevengreaterheights.Thehotpotcreatedfromporkbel

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"Peking University butcher" restarts pork business after 12-year hiatus

Lu Buxuan, a Chinese language major from Peking University, gained some notoriety in 2003 after it was reported that the top-level gradudate chose to sell pork despite his educational pedigree.

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HK health minister forced to apologise over tainted meat scandal: 3,500kg of mainland pork destroyed

Ko Wing-man points to systemic problems as more than three tonnes of contaminated meat are removed from markets and destroyed

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Roaring demand for pigs in China fires up rally in Chicago hog futures market

A robust appetite for cuts like pig feet, ears and snouts in the world’s biggest pork-consuming nation is fueling a rally for hogs in Chicago.

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China soaring pork price unlikely to cause serious inflation, analyst

China's pork prices, which has been rising for three months straight, led China's consumer price index (CPI) to grow 2.0 percent in August from a year ago, up 0.35 percentage point from July, and higher than average market expectation of 1.9 percent.

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Will pigs derail China's monetary easing?

Hot pork prices are stirring up gripes around China's dinner tables as well as concerns that the trend, if it continues, may derail the country's easing monetary policy stance.

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Pork price uptick feeds inflation concerns

Chinese consumers have been shocked by recent rises in the price of pork, the nation's favorite meat, with policymakers also concerned about what impact its costliness will have on inflation and the economy.

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Lunar New Year Eve dinner remains as Vietnam's most revered tradition

​Things change with the times, but the Lunar New Year's Eve dinner, the last meal of the lunar year, remains the most important tradition among the Vietnamese people.

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Acquisition to sharpen Chinese meat processor's edge

Shuanghui International, China's largest meat processor, has agreed to buy Smithfield Foods for 7.1 billion U.S. dollars, a move deemed to elevate the Chinese company's global profile and sharpen its competitiveness in the domestic market.