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A Chinese medicine decoction seems to be effective in cutting food intake of obese rats and reducing body weight by as much as 33%. The study also suggests that the decoction might provide long term control of body weight.

Sclipo launches a new live video feature, “Sclipo Live”. Sclipo Live lets you teach for money one-on-one through live video conferencing.

Earlier this week Katherine Bruce Mechner from The Alliance for Greener Industry in China sent me an email to let me know that a map of China's Air pollution had been completed and was now full operating in Chinese. It is a sister database to their previous water pollution database, and like that one, it is an excellent resource.

More news for the front-lines that visas are becoming increasingly difficult for expats (even long-term expats) to get. Fun fun fun.

Dan at TTC does a hilarious job of summing up a long-term stay in China and why we experience a bad "China day".

What would you do in this situation?

Subtle dig at the pollution in China's skies. "What Pollution?", you may well ask.

ESWN takes a critical look at why the headline "750,000 a year killed by Chinese pollution" is not a fair or informed one. His analysis raises the question of whether or not that number is actually not too bad.

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The CIC seeks to be a "stabilizing force for the financial markets". The fund has a long term goal of obtaining a 5% return, relying mostly on tradable securities in international markets.