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  • HEMP is not marijuana and has no drug value.  It is the name of the soft, durable fibre that is cultivated from plants of the Cannabis genus.  Hemp use dates...

    101 hemp uses!

    HEMP is not marijuana and has no drug value.  It is the name of the soft, durable fibre that is cultivated from plants of the Cannabis genus.  Hemp use dates...

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  • WORLDWIDE– McDonald’s, keeper of the Shrek flame, recently took a darker turn into a more twisted reality than either the green ogre or Ronald McDonald. Thus completely blindsiding gamers around...

    McDonald’s Alternate Reality!

    WORLDWIDE– McDonald’s, keeper of the Shrek flame, recently took a darker turn into a more twisted reality than either the green ogre or Ronald McDonald. Thus completely blindsiding gamers around...

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  • BEIJING— Today is Middle Earth Day, here at YUM! Which is exactly what the word “China” translates to, “middle of the earth”. However being the center of the earth has...

    Miso Hungry!!

    BEIJING— Today is Middle Earth Day, here at YUM! Which is exactly what the word “China” translates to, “middle of the earth”. However being the center of the earth has...

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  • CHINA– A new breed of criminal has emerged in China: “pigjackers.” Soaring pork prices in the People’s Republic have sent thieves roaring off with truckloads of hogs—and sometimes with smaller...

    The Great Piggy Heist

    CHINA– A new breed of criminal has emerged in China: “pigjackers.” Soaring pork prices in the People’s Republic have sent thieves roaring off with truckloads of hogs—and sometimes with smaller...

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  • Revelations 4North Gongti Beilu East of Lemongrass and The Bookworm 工人体育场北路4号 焦叶和书虫的东边 6586-3778 Walking up the wooden stairs and through the far too familiar swinging doors of the ex-Brown’s address,...

    Roman Holiday in Beijing!!

    Revelations 4North Gongti Beilu East of Lemongrass and The Bookworm 工人体育场北路4号 焦叶和书虫的东边 6586-3778 Walking up the wooden stairs and through the far too familiar swinging doors of the ex-Brown’s address,...

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  • BEIJING– Pampered pigs or processed pork? Farm-fresh or greenhouse grown? With China’s food supplies under scrutiny following a series of health and safety scares, Chinese officials are taking no chances...

    Food Safety an Olympic Challenge for China

    BEIJING– Pampered pigs or processed pork? Farm-fresh or greenhouse grown? With China’s food supplies under scrutiny following a series of health and safety scares, Chinese officials are taking no chances...

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  • Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang?) 2 Heizhima Hutong 黑芝麻胡同2号 Off Nanluoguxiang 近南锣鼓巷 tel: 6403-7626 Open 17:00-23:30 Price: Y100-Y199 per couple There’s more to this Taiwanese-run Japanese-style yakiniku restaurant than meets the...

    Food as an Exhibition Sport

    Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang?) 2 Heizhima Hutong 黑芝麻胡同2号 Off Nanluoguxiang 近南锣鼓巷 tel: 6403-7626 Open 17:00-23:30 Price: Y100-Y199 per couple There’s more to this Taiwanese-run Japanese-style yakiniku restaurant than meets the...

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  • Beijing Style Noodle King 35 Di’anmen Xijie Beijing Tel:86 10 6405 6666 Old Beijing-style fare is dished up at this humble paper-napkin-and-disposable-chopsticks spot. As the name implies, it’s not for...

    Noodle King

    Beijing Style Noodle King 35 Di’anmen Xijie Beijing Tel:86 10 6405 6666 Old Beijing-style fare is dished up at this humble paper-napkin-and-disposable-chopsticks spot. As the name implies, it’s not for...

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