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A third postcard from China: fascinated by biotechnology, but cautious
Email: Robert Walgate - walgate@scienceanalysed.com News from The Scientist 2000, 1(1):20000714-05
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It's been a long time since we Chinese remained content with whatever we could stuff into our stomachs to assuage our hunger. People are becoming picky and choosy. Apart from being particular about a balanced diet, many people are beginning to seek 'natural' food. Already, small eggs laid by locally fed 'native chickens' are more valuable than big ones laid by 'alien chickens'; and wild soft-shelled turtles and crabs are more costly than artificially bred ones.
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