- "Survival Guide": Top Chinese App for Eating Safely
- Forced Abortion Sparks Internet Outrage
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Apple's top app in its China section, "China Survival Guide," gives users the latest information on toxic food scandals in simple, clear lists.
Tainted milk that killed infants in 2008 is only the tip of the iceberg for Chinese food safety. Rice, flour, oil, salt and noodles are just some food staples found to have toxic levels of preservatives, hormones or heavy metals.
Netizens have praised the app as courageous, generous and even an act of moral virtue. The app's author has expressed one disappointment: food safety officials have yet to contact him.[Watch]
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A picture of a young mother and her 7-month old aborted fetus is generating angry online debate about the One-Child Policy. 300,000 postings in two days called for its end.  Unable to pay a 40,000 yuan (US$6,270) fine for becoming pregnant again, Feng Jianmei was forcibly taken from home, held down while the fetus was killed with a long syringe then induced to deliver the stillborn.
Officials have apologized. But a lawyer hoping to help the family is barred from seeing Feng, still in the hospital for mental trauma.[Watch]
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