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Vietnam's retail sales, service revenues surge in 11 months

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Is China ready to go cashless?

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Ministry of Agriculture responds on GM corns in Xinjiang

The Ministry of Agriculture responded on Monday, regarding a case of genetically modified (GM) corn planted in northwest China's Xiangjiang, stating that the seeds had been smuggled from abroad.

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Growing poppies a detested yet profitable business for farmers in southern Afghanistan

​"I hate poppies and the drug trade but poverty and my dire need for money have forced me into this lucrative business and I can earn a relatively good income and support my family from farming the plant," a farmer in the southern Kandahar province, Sadiq Agha, 55, told Xinhua recently.