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8800 cases busted in 7 months as China vows zero tolerance for ... (Global Times)

China's public security authorities on Tuesday vowed to show zero tolerance for illegal acts that harm food and farmland to ensure national food security, ...

It was one of 10 cases revealed by the MPS on Tuesday with the largest number of suspects being caught. Their behavior damaged some 60 mu of farmland. This was bagged and labeled, using counterfeit famous brands of fertilizers or creating their own brands for low-priced sales.

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China punishes diehard 'Taiwan secessionists,' foundations and ... (Global Times)

Chinese authorities announced Wednesday that a number of diehard โ€œTaiwan secessionistโ€ individuals, two funds, and multiple companies related to ...

Customs of the Chinese mainland suspended imports of citrus fruits and some frozen fish from the island. The persons responsible for these enterprises are banned from entering the Chinese mainland. The "Taiwan secessionists" are the biggest obstacle to China's reunification.

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Job seekers throng Zimbabwe job fair - Global Times (Global Times)

A job seeker interacts with a potential employer at a job fair in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Aug. 2, 2022. The two-day Zimbabwe Job Fair opened Tuesday.

The two-day Zimbabwe Job Fair opened Tuesday. Hosted by the China Africa Economic and Culture Exchange Research Center and Victory Milestone Recruitment, the event lived up to its billing as scores of job seekers exchanged notes with potential employers and left the curriculum vitae (CV) for possible placements.(Photo: Xinhua) The response, I think, has been quite good because we received many CVs and they are also recommending their friends to me," she said. We've got mining, construction, agriculture, general administration jobs and even general hand jobs," he said in an interview with Xinhua. High school students seeking career guidance arrive to attend a job fair in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Aug. 2, 2022. A job seeker leaves her details to a potential employer at a job fair in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Aug. 2, 2022. Job seekers communicate with potential employers at a job fair in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Aug. 2, 2022.

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US foreign policy tragically lacks experts who understand and ... (Global Times)

With China-US relations at a critical juncture, US policy toward China is worrisome. The position of China experts is becoming increasingly awkward.

He has become one of the typical experts that spread the "China threat" theory at the international level. Another interesting phenomenon is that the number of crossover "China experts" in the US has increased, such as John Mearsheimer. Mearsheimer is one of the advocates of the "China threat" theory. A significant number of active China experts in US today are too speculative compared to their predecessors such as John King Fairbank, A. Doak Barnett, Ezra Vogel, and David M. Lampton. From the 1940s to the 1990s, most of famous US experts on China had a systematic understanding of Chinese history, culture, and political traditions, and their advocacy of engagement and cooperation with China remained consistent despite US political transitions. In this context, the discussion of China issues in the US has completely lost its bottom line. The US has the largest number of think tanks in the world. Think tanks and experts in the US system are constrained by the consensus of "strategic competition" and confrontation with China, making it difficult to put forth new ideas that challenge the current hard-line policy.

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Zoo keeper 'exchanges' popcorn for slipper from orangutan in East ... (Global Times)

A video of an orangutan voluntarily returning a visitor's slipper at a zoo in Weihai, East China's Shandong Province has gotten wide attention from Chinese ...

Then the zoo keeper was trying to use popcorns from a tourist to make an "exchange" for the slipper from the orangutan. It smelled the slipper and it didn't feel like food, because it ate different food normally such as fruit, eggs and meat, according to the employee. On July 31, a young tourist was watching the orangutan at the zoo when he accidently dropped a slipper into the region where the orangutan stayed.

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Teenagers practice Kungfu wrestling in summer break - Global Times (Global Times)

Teenagers practice Kungfu wrestling during the summer break at a training center in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Aug. 3, 2022.

The Yang style Kungfu westling was founded in 1937 and included in the eighth batch of intangible cultural heritage list of Shijiazhuang in 2020. The Yang style Kungfu westling was founded in 1937 and included in the eighth batch of intangible cultural heritage list of Shijiazhuang in 2020. The Yang style Kungfu westling was founded in 1937 and included in the eighth batch of intangible cultural heritage list of Shijiazhuang in 2020.

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ACROSS 1 Sign seen in the stands 6 "A long time ___ in a galaxy ..." 9 Summits 14 Lexus competitor 15 Party snack not eaten by itself 16 Cut drastically

23 Disney's "___ in Toyland" 66 "___ Miserables" 6 "A long time ___ in a galaxy ..."

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Prefabricated food popular among Chinese urbanities, but sector ... (Global Times)

As the once-in-a-century COVID-19 pandemic has badly pummeled the catering industry, the prefabricated food market segment has witnessed a booming window ...

It showed that management loopholes are one of the crucial problems that these companies need to address to pursue a sustainable growth, according to Zhang. With two young children in the house, I prefer to cook with fresh ingredients," Wang Min, a resident from Central China's Anhui Province, told the Global Times. It has sparked wide controversy among consumers as the company was once focusing on campus loan business which is strongly restricted by regulators now. CCA stressed that with the rapid development of prefabricated food market, relevant regulations need to be rolled out to promote the standardized development of the industry, to guide the industry's healthy growth. Even household appliances producer Midea and real estate developer Country Garden have reportedly jumped onto the bandwagon. It is expected that China's prefabricated food market will maintain a high growth rate into the near future, with a market scale estimated to reach 1.07 trillion yuan in 2026..

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China's resilient hay market benefits US export; Australian trader ... (Global Times)

Chinese hay traders have moved to diversify domestic and foreign suppliers, including from the US, as demand rises to a new high in China, ...

The US has been a good alternative to Australian oats in terms of quality and price, an insider said. Several traders told the Global Times that they are importing large amounts of alfalfa grass from the US, with the volume growing every year. Australian oat grass merchants are anxious to expand exports to China, which is an important export destination, Li added. In recent years, stimulated by rising market demand, the quality of domestic forage has improved. The great expansion of the domestic grass industry came as China's hay sector coped with the halt of Australian hay imports last year. In the first half of this year, the domestic alfalfa hay area of Grade 1 and above reached a historic 56.5 percent, and the proportion of Grade 2 and above reached 98 percent, according to media reports.

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From desert highway to green corridor: a glimpse into Yulin, NW ... (Global Times)

More than 160 of the 204-kilometer Yulin-Jingbian highway section was in Maowusu desert when the project was planned in 2000, but the Global Times reporter ...

But it had been frequently infested by wars and marred by expanding desertification of the nearby Maowusu, with the increasingly dry climate making it worse. The forests have also changed local micro-climate and gave an opportunity for more different types of plants to prosper. More than 2,000 years ago, the area of today's Yulin city was an oasis with a warm and humid climate. He Shalian and her fellows planted 170,000 trees in a decade, and more importantly, she was the teacher for illiterate women. Since 1974, 380 women had joined the militia, and they jointly left a precious treasure - 33 tree belts, 35 kilometers of irrigation channels, 36 wells. Builders first set straw checkerboard, also called grass grids, along both sides of the highway, which can keep some moisture for grasses and bushes to grow.

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Stunning views of Xinglong karst cave in north China - Global Times (Global Times)

The Xinglong karst cave in north China's Hebei Province is a large limestone rock formation estimated to be one billion to 1.4 billion years old.

Photo taken on Aug. 3, 2022 shows a view of the Xinglong karst cave in Taojiatai Village of Xinglong County, north China's Hebei Province.(Photo: Xinhua) Photo taken on Aug. 3, 2022 shows a view of the Xinglong karst cave in Taojiatai Village of Xinglong County, north China's Hebei Province.(Photo: Xinhua) Photo taken on Aug. 3, 2022 shows a view of the Xinglong karst cave in Taojiatai Village of Xinglong County, north China's Hebei Province.(Photo: Xinhua)

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