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Coffee in China. Instead of tea crops, coffee is where the money is at. Like all things, when it’s not working you have to change it. Yunnan was once a tea capital, to the point of building shapes, proper names, all worked to make it a tea like atmosphere. Perhaps it was just for good luck or the tiny bits of marketing, but now, it’s becoming a coffee area and growing. The Economist mentions, “A family with a hectare of coffee can earn more than $10,000 a year, triple the amount for tea, and five times more than for maize or rice” It’s growing. We can’t wait to see Yunnan written on a bag of coffee sitting next to Ethiopia and Honduras. It’s a changing world. (Economist – Coffee in China)
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These are Super Chickens. Imagine, they aren’t afraid of predators… They get played Mozart so they’ll hatch nicer eggs. They have freedom. All this is a place where food safety is a concern. They’re known as “golden phoenix” Their eggs are multi-colored and also fetch a premium. “Their feed is very carefully selected. Aside from the staple diet of corns, wheat and worms, they are also fed with traditional Chinese medicines to ward off disease. The water they drink comes from mountain spring running down hill, which “may be more fresh than what we drink”, said Yang, who believes his chickens are the most athletic and their meat juicy, perfect for making chicken soup when they reach 6 months old and weigh 2 kilograms.” (China Daily – Super Chickens)
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These lovely ladies will catch you if you fall out. This Guangzhou ride, which doesn’t seem to have a name in English, takes you up 1,588 feet (as tall as the fifth highest building in the world and only 82 feet shorter than Taipei 101) then drops you! You can build this, but you can’t build better relations with the people of Tibet and Uyghurs in Xinjiang? C’mon, Chinese people! Chinese women ain’t afraid of no heights. Isn’t this great, Fred? Fred! Nooooo!!!
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Yes this isn’t Japanese. It’s Chinese. We were wrong in a previous report. Meanwhile, take a look at this unit. I’d imagine each person has their own at home? This is only disgusting. [youtube]WPur2jE-gZ4[/youtube]
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Caterpillar Fungus grows on dead caterpillars and can fetch up to $11,500 a pound. What does it do? Of course anything that high priced is either for bling or for schwing! It’s not just strange sounding medicines, it’s also liquor. These untraditional investment places are returning more than traditional investments in a volatile China. (WSJ – Caterpillar Fungus)
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