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02.12.18Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Kills More Than 100 in China This Year
New York Times
Gas poisonings in southern China have left at least 104 people dead and hundreds hospitalized.
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06.21.17China’s Dog Meat Festival Opens Despite Rumours of a Ban
Agence France-Presse
A notorious Chinese dog meat festival opened on Wednesday with butchers hacking slabs of canines and cooks frying the flesh despite rumours that the authorities would impose a ban this year.
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05.18.17Yulin in China to Ban Sale of Dog Meat Ahead of Annual Dog Meat Festival, Say Chinese Animal-Rights Activists
South China Morning Post
Chinese officials are set to ban the sale of dog meat at the annual Yulin festival, according to China-based activists.
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04.12.17China’s Aged and Sick Flock to a Hamlet Known for Longevity
New York Times
Once a largely undisturbed hamlet hidden in the karst mountains of Guangxi Province, Bama has in recent years become a magnet for China’s sick and aged.
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06.09.16Animal Advocates Call for End to Dog Meat Festival in China
New York Times
Festival proponents defend the practice as an expression of cultural heritage and argue that eating dogs is no different from eating cows or turkeys.