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Crackers and biscuits can cause cancer, warns HK group Posted by: superadmin - 10-22-2021, 03:58 PM - Forum: Health News - No Replies PETALING JAYA: Crackers and biscuits are healthy snacks, which provide vitamins and dietary fibre, besides being a good source of energy, right? Wrong. The Hong Kong Consumer Council claims it has found cancer-causing substances in 60 samples of biscuits and crackers sold on the local market that it tested. The council said it found cancer-causing elements like glycidol and acrylamide, which are by-products created when ingredients are heated at high temperatures to make biscuits and crackers. In a statement posted on its website, it said tests showed the glycidol content to be between 11 microgrammes (mcg/kg) and 3,900 mcg/kg. The council said 11 samples did not have glycidol and acrylamide, saying that was proof that biscuits and crackers could be made without such contaminants. The council also found high levels of 3-MCPD in 56 samples. 3-MCPD is said to adversely affect kidneys and male fertility. The council said it also found high sodium, sugar and fat in 85% of the samples. Nutrition labels were also found to be inaccurate in 40% of the samples tested. - More -   With such arrogance, Burns will suffer setbacks in China: Global Times editorial Posted by: superadmin - 10-22-2021, 03:11 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies Nicholas Burns, the new US ambassador to China nominated by US President Joe Biden, claimed China is "the biggest geopolitical test of the 21st century" during a US Senate hearing on Wednesday. He has also made an all-round fierce attack against China's domestic and foreign policies. What he has said must be the toughest and most arrogant confirmation hearing statement an incoming US ambassador has made before coming to China. Burns almost repeated Washington's accusations against China over the past nine months, such as labeling China's policies in Xinjiang as "genocide," smearing China's Hong Kong policy and declaring that the US "cannot trust China." He said Beijing had been "stonewalling" the world about the origins of the COVID-19. He also said the US should increase arms sales to the island of Taiwan and make Taiwan "a tough nut to crack." Burns declared that China has "very few friends." He called on the US not to overestimate China's strength and underestimate US strength, saying that "we should have confidence in our own strengths." Such a systematic attack on China is not what an incoming US ambassador should do under normal circumstances. Burns' statement demonstrated the US political elites' overall hostility toward China. The message of the hearing was: One needs to be this tough to be the US ambassador to China today. - More -   More than 80 countries voice support to China Posted by: superadmin - 10-22-2021, 03:02 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies More than 80 countries voice support to China amid US and a few Western countries smearing at UN session More than 80 countries voiced their support to China for developing its own pattern for human rights development and opposed politicizing human rights issues to suppress other countries at the 76th session of UN General Assembly on Thursday while the US and a few Western countries started a new round of attacks on China over topics of its Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Xizang (Tibet) regions. On behalf of 62 countries, Cuba made a joint statement on Thursday at the UN General Assembly to support China for developing its own pattern on human rights that fits its conditions and oppose other countries' interference in China's internal affairs under the banner of human rights.  The joint statement was made at the 76th session of the UN General Assembly as the Third Committee reviewed human rights issues but a few countries, including the US and France made groundless accusations targeting China's human rights record. In response, more than 80 countries supported China's stance.  - More -   It’s time for Americans to buy less stuff Posted by: superadmin - 10-22-2021, 02:42 PM - Forum: Business, Economy and Investment - No Replies In September, I started getting pesky emails from brands hinting that I should get a head start on my holiday shopping. Next came the headlines, and then the reminders from social media users dishing out the same advice. Holiday shopping starts a little earlier every year, but this isn’t just the typical push. People are encouraged to order their gifts as soon as possible or risk having packages arrive late, due to rampant supply chain disruptions and mailing delays. Even books (yes, books!) aren’t safe from the impending shortages. The holiday shopping industrial complex feels especially unavoidable in 2021, with Halloween still more than a week away. Amazon, Macy’s, Target, and Walmart have launched early-bird sales, and retailers are preparing to dish out millions of dollars on ads for strong fourth-quarter sales.  - More -   In Japan, a restaurant is turning Covid protection into a new dining experience Posted by: superadmin - 10-22-2021, 02:20 PM - Forum: Covid-19 Pandemic - No Replies IN Tokyo, a restaurant has taken the idea of protecting customers from Covid-19 and turned it into a veritable dining experience. Here, diners tuck into a special menu developed with fermented ingredients while nestled under the soft light of a giant traditional lantern, made by an ancestral artisan. It's a highly serious concept... and it doesn't come cheap. Back in the early days of Covid-19, restaurants and bars were closed. And when they reopened, they often installed protective solutions against Covid-19, with ideas like screens or perspex barriers between customers. Some designers started thinking outside the box, proposing greenhouse-like constructions, transparent domes and more. But, what was yesterday a simple means for getting people back in restaurants has now become a new dining experience to be tested at the table.  In one of its Tokyo establishments, the luxury hotel chain Hoshinoya is offering diners the opportunity to enjoy a meal sheltered by a huge dome resembling the famous Japanese paper and bamboo lanterns. - More -   Uproar in Pakatan fold over leaders’ chumminess with Melaka 4 Posted by: superadmin - 10-22-2021, 02:15 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies KUALA LUMPUR – The “casual flirtation” of the Melaka Four with Pakatan Harapan have ignited a backlash from members of its coalition parties, with calls to soundly reject the quartet from using the opposition banner. PKR’s Selayang MP William Leong said the Melaka Four should run as independents so they can be either vindicated or condemned by their voters. “If PH/PKR allow these four assemblymen to contest under its ticket, there will be a tremendous negative fallout from voters. PH/PKR will stand condemned for conspiring, abetting and soliciting with traitors. They will lose all the moral authority to speak out against the betrayal of the peoples’ mandate, the evils of defection and the sincerity of enacting anti-hopping laws in the memorandum of understanding. “Second, the PH/PKR political brand will be tarnished beyond repair. These four assemblymen come from parties that support racial politics and the ideology of upholding Malay supremacy. This means the coalition is no more than a political opportunist looking for office, the perks and power that come with it and not looking to implement change. “In working with defectors, PH/PKR does not respect the sanctity of the voters’ mandate nor the value of political stability or the proper functioning of parliamentary democracy. That PH/PKR cares more about office and power than reform and the people’s welfare,” he said in a statement today. - More -   Evergrande to avert default as property developer reportedly pays off bond interest Posted by: superadmin - 10-22-2021, 02:03 PM - Forum: Business, Economy and Investment - No Replies China Evergrande set to avert default as property developer reportedly pays off bond interest Evergrande has remitted the funds for a key interest payment that was due Sept. 23 — ahead of a 30-day grace period that ends tomorrow, according to Chinese state media Securities Times. The $83.5 interest payment on Evergrande’s March 2022 offshore bond had been closely watched by investors ever since the indebted property developer warned twice in September that it may default. Evergrande has remitted the funds for a key interest payment that was due Sept. 23 — ahead of a 30-day grace period that ends Saturday, Chinese state media Securities Times said Friday. That will allow the indebted Chinese property developer to stave off a widely-expected default. Shares of Evergrande popped more than 4% on that news. - More -   Biden says US will defend Taiwan if China attacks Posted by: superadmin - 10-22-2021, 01:53 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies President Joe Biden said the US would defend Taiwan if China attacked, in an apparent departure from a long-held policy. "Yes, we have a commitment to do that," he said when asked during a townhall if the US would defend Taiwan. But a White House spokesman later told some US media outlets that his remarks did not signify a change in policy. Taiwan reacted by saying Mr Biden's statement would not change its own position with regards to China. The US has long practised "strategic ambiguity" when it comes to the thorny issue of defending Taiwan. This has meant the US has been deliberately ambiguous about what it would do if China were to attack the island. - More -   This might just look like grass, but it has the power to absorb our carbon emissions Posted by: superadmin - 10-22-2021, 01:33 PM - Forum: Environment Protection News - Replies (1) This might just look like grass, but it has the power to absorb a load of our carbon emissions (CNN)Forests have long been celebrated as the natural heroes in the fight against the climate crisis. They are so good at absorbing and storing carbon dioxide, a consortium of environmental groups are calling on the world to plant one trillion trees over the next decade. But while we are looking up at the treetops for climate solutions, some campaigners are urging the world to look down, where another answer lies -- right under our feet. Forests, peatlands, deserts and tundra can all absorb and hold stocks of carbon-dioxide (CO2). Of all the carbon held in land-based ecosystems, around 34% can be found in grasslands, data from the World Resources Institute show. That's not much less than the 39% held in forests. "Whether you look at the Serengeti, the Cerrado in Brazil, whether you look at what's left of the prairies in North America or the steppes of Mongolia -- every single one of our major, iconic grassland habitats is under threat at the moment," Ian Dunn, chief executive of the British conservation organization Plantlife, told CNN. There's also plenty of it in the United Kingdom, which will host world leaders and climate negotiators in just over a week at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland. Among several items on the agenda is how to protect forests and plant more trees to help slash global emissions. But Plantlife, among other groups, is campaigning for grasslands to be protected at an international level and part of any deal that emerges in Glasgow. - More -   Why is LinkedIn Leaving China? 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