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Fast food chains in China have stopped using products supplied by a Shanghai meat processing plant over allegations that it was supplying stale meat and mislabeling expiration dates.
Shanghai-based Dragon TV aired a news program on July 20th, claiming that Shanghai Husi Food Company had supplied products tainted with reprocessed stale meat to a string of fast food chains and restaurants across China.
The expose is another blow to western fast food chains like McDonald's and KFC, which have been implicated in a number of food safety scandals involving suppliers over the years.
McDonald's issued a statement over the alleged malpractice at Husi, saying it had stopped using all food materials supplied by the meat processor.
In a separate statement, KFC said some of its restaurants in south China's Fujian Province will stop selling certain products due to the food safety incident.
Shanghai's municipal food and drug watchdog has ordered that production at the company's food processing plant in suburban Shanghai be suspended following the television expose.
The company is an "A-Level enterprise" graded by the local regulator, and is subject to two reviews every year. Sampling tests the company underwent during its review for the first half of this year showed no problems.
Officials from Shanghai's municipal food safety office said the fact that regulators take action only after violations are exposed suggests that their day-to-day oversight is not effective.
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Ailing Chinese moon rover Yutu, the "Jade Rabbit", might have been damaged by knocking against rocks on a lunar surface that is more complicated than expected.
Yutu is China's first moon rover. It drove onto the lunar surface in December last year as part of the Chang'e-3 lunar mission. But in January, it suffered a "mechanical control abnormality" which has continued to trouble it ever since.
Experts' initial judgment for the abnormality was that the rover was "wounded" by colliding with stones while moving.
A major challenge for the robot has been the temperature fluctuation of 300 degrees Celsius on the moon. When the sun sets, the solar-powered rover must hibernate to survive the night.
Yutu has fulfilled all its missions including surveying the moon's geological structure and surface substances, as well as looking for natural resources.
Yutu has managed to survive seven lunar nights so far. One lunar night is equivalent to around 14 days on Earth. Night temperatures can fall to minus 180 degrees Celsius.
You are listening to NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Yun Feng in Beijing.
China will launch a high-definition Earth observation satellite, Gaofen-2, to space this year.
The Gaofen satellite series is one of China's major science and technology projects. It helps in areas such as geographic and resource surveys, environment and climate change monitoring, precision agriculture, disaster relief and city-planning.
Gaofen-1 was launched in April last year and still in service.
Gaofen-2 was the first of several satellites to be launched for high-definition Earth observation before 2016.
Equipped with cutting edge technology, the satellite will be able to "see" clearly a one-meter-long object on earth in full color.
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China's largest telecom firm China Mobile has revealed plans to build 500,000 4G base stations by the end of this year.
4G international roaming services will be opened in another 50 countries and regions which Chinese tourists frequently visit.
China Mobile's services currently cover the United States, Brazil, Japan, South Korea and Singapore, among other countries.
Its customers can access 4G services through a new 4G Universal Subscriber Identity Module card without changing their number or going through registration.
China Mobile will also do more to handle the problem of malware, junk messages and pornography.
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The music video for Chinese pop singer Jane Zhang's latest single "Forever" has premiered online.
"Forever" is the leading track from the singer's new album "The Seventh Sense" which came out earlier this month.
The video uses 3D effects to build a surreal setting, highlighting the song's message of eternal love.
The music video first premiered on sina.com's entertainment channel.
Zhang rose to fame after coming in third-place in the first season of China's TV singing contest "Super Girl" in 2006.
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