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Retail sales across China jumped up 18.3% year-on-year to 1.23trn yuan in June, according to the National Bureau of Statistics today, continuing the steady growth seen throughout this year. The report added that sales for the January-June period were up 18.2% to 7.27trn yuan. ...
ISTANBUL The traditional Turkish alcoholic beverage "Raki" has been put on sale in the Asian market by a leading Turkish company. Yeni Raki, one of Turkey's leading "Raki" brands, has recently carried out a promotion campaign in China and started direct sales in the Asian market, ...
Bus driver Xiong Wei has spent the last five years harvesting the fruit in central China, apparently. The 25-year-old from Wuhan admitted that his odd cultivation marks the first time he's set eyes on 'such a weird-shaped' watermelon - a phenomenon even experts say is extremely ...
NEW ZEALAND - Bright Dairy & Food Co Limited of China have taken a 51 per cent stake in New Zealand, Synlait Milk. Bright Dairy and Food Co Limited has agreed to invest NZ$82 million in the Canterbury-based milk processing company, Synlait Milk Limited, to create a partnership to ...
Hong Kong (HKSAR) - The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) introduced two organic mini watermelon varieties, "Super Sweet Black Angel 168" and "Red Lady" today (July 15). The AFCD held a workshop for local farmers at Tai Lung Experimental Station to ...
China's economic growth slowed in the second quarter of 2010, official figures issued Thursday show, as stimulus spending continued to gradually wind down and controls on bank lending and property speculation began to be felt in the broader economy. China's gross domestic product...
A tiny mushroom, little known to scientists, is behind some 400 sudden deaths in China, experts say. For 30 years, during the rainy season, scores of villagers in Yunnan province have died suddenly of cardiac arrest. Following a five-year investigation, researchers from the ...
THE Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries on Tuesday received equipment, valued at $60 million, from the People's Republic of China to aid in its rice production programme. The equipment, which includes tractors, harvesters, transplanters, wagons, boom sprayers and trucks, were ...
CHINA - Food safety authorities have seized 64 tonnes of raw dairy materials contaminated with the toxic chemical, melamine, in a dairy plant in northwest China's Qinghai Province. According to the country's official news agency Xinhuanet, test samples of the milk powder showed ...
BEIJING, July 30 (Xinhuanet) -- During this hot summer, Tianjin's Olympic Center is bustling with noise and excitement every evening. People are flocking to the 10th Tianjin International Beer Festival with the opening day alone attracting nearly 40,000 people, who gulped down ...
CHINA - The chairman and chief consultant of Shanghai JC Intelligence Co. Ltd. (JCI) said his organisation anticipates that China will import some 1.7 million tons of corn this year, 5.8 million tons next year and as much as 15 million tons in 2014-2015. Speaking through a ...
Danone has agreed to sell its stake in China Huiyuan Juice Group for significantly less than what Coca-Cola offered before its acquisition bid was blocked last year by Chinese competition authorities. Under the latest agreement, Danone is selling its 22.98 per cent share in ...
BEIJING, July 26 (Xinhua) - China's Ministry of Health Monday issued a draft regulation prohibiting the use of edible flavorings in certain foodstuffs such as infant formula and pure dairy products. The draft, published on the ministry's website for public opinions, is aimed at ...
BEIJING, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Young Chinese are paying less attention to their diet, as the fast rhythm of city life and working pressure is leading them to skip meals. "Big problems exist in the diet of the Chinese youth: not having breakfast, having dinner too late, or taking in ...
PARIS, July 28 (Xinhua) -- French food producer Danone sold its stake in China's Huiyuan Juice Group to a Chinese private equity fund for 200 million euros (260 million U.S. dollars) to bolster its most profitable business in the Chinese market, the company said Wednesday. Danone ...
CHINA - Tianli Agritech, Inc, a hog breeding company based in Wuhan, China, has closed its its initial public offering of 2,000,000 common shares at $6.00 per share. The common shares began trading on 20 July under the ticker symbol "OINK" on the Nasdaq Global Market. Tianli ...
Pernod Ricard is grouping together its vodka brands under one roof and creating a new business group to build up its wine portfolio. While the French company is keeping its decentralised structure comprising of brand and market companies, it has decided to strengthen its focus in ...
BEIJING China's beer output exceeded 42 million liters in 2009, making it the world's largest beer producer for the eighth consecutive year, according to Wang Yancai, director general of the China Alcoholic Drinks Industry Association. Since 2002, China's beer production has ...
CHINA - The acquisition will make Yuhe the largest supplier of day-old broilers in terms of production capacity in China. Day-old broiler output is now forecast at 250 million for 2011, a 67 per cent increase over expected 2010 output of 150 million. Yuhe International, Inc., a ...
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