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  • A media bunfight amidst China’s food-safety scandals

    Melinda Liu | Jul 20, 2007 05:01 PM
    You probably saw the Chinese TV expose of unlicensed street vendors selling bogus pork dumplings. This disgusting recipe made headlines around the world: scavenge some scrap cardboard from the street, soak in caustic soda, mix and chop with fatty pork (3:2 cardboard to meat), add a dash of seasoning and -- voila! -- dumplings with a difference.  A vendor's step-by-step explanation, captured clearly by what was said to be a hidden camera, seemed too good to be true. More
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