Caojiadu Bird and Flower Market, formerly Shanghai’s biggest bird and flower market downtown, will officially close at 9 am Tuesday, Knews reported Monday. Most vendors have already moved out their shops, although those remaining are currently offering steep discounts to clear out their existing stock…Full Article: The Global Times Dec 2017 Key Point Shanghai’s Caojiadu
An online e-commerce platform for commodity trading that aspires to become an internet-based information and transaction hub with a trillion-yuan ($151 billion) in target was established in Shanghai on Tuesday [19 December 2017], making it one of the first to offer customized real time information services for the trade. The platform, Shanghai Bailian Commodity E-commerce
The first batch of fresh Shanghai-raised wine cap stropharia mushrooms are presently being sold in city markets for 40 yuan ($6.05) per kilogram, Shanghai Observer reported Tuesday [19 December 2017]. This mushroom grows on straw instead of rotten wood. One square meter of wine cap stropharia requires 50 to 70 kilograms of straw…Full Article: The
Fast food chain McDonald’s denied on Monday [4 December 2017] night that its fried dough sticks contained chemical substances that could cause cardiovascular disease, after food in two of its Shanghai branches were said to contain diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP). McDonald’s issued a statement saying that it was taking the incident seriously, and that further checks
Shanghai is set to get its own Starbucks Roastery and Tasting Room, the first high-end roastery from the international coffee chain to open outside the United States, the city’s quality watchdog said Thursday [30 November 2017]. The Shanghai border inspection and quarantine bureau has completed all necessary checks of the Seattle-based coffee chain’s imported equipment
Shanghai Disney Resort recently announced that its visitors are no longer allowed to bring in any outside food, alcoholic beverages or soft drinks (larger than 600 milliliters). Previously, anyone could bring their own unopened snacks and drinks into the resort. This news has raised heated discussions and debates on Chinese social websites, as it goes
Whenever she passes by some malls in Beijing, Du Ni, 28, a bank employee in Beijing, buys a cup of fresh orange juice from an automated vending machine. “My husband likes the juice. It’s priced around 10 yuan ($1.5) per cup－really cheap and fresh. I think such orange juice has quality and is safer than
Samples of three food products have failed the latest spot checks on food safety conducted by the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA), the administration said in a statement Thursday. A total of 493 batches of samples featuring six categories of food products underwent spot checks, with the three failed products ordered to be removed
UK cheese exporters have welcomed the decision by Chinese authorities to lift a ban on imports of soft cheeses, including British blue cheese stilton. China banned imports of brie, camembert, roquefort, goat cheese and blue cheese in July because mould and bacteria found in the cheeses had not been approved by officials…Full Article: China Daily
One of Australia’s leading wine companies has promised to increase its focus on cracking the Chinese market. Michael Clarke, Chief Executive Officer of Treasury Wines, told the company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday night that the company would seek to widen the gap between Treasury and its competitors in China…Full Article: Xinhua Oct 2017