Manya Koetse is a sinologist and the founder of What’s on Weibo and its Weibo Watch newsletter, providing insights into Chinese social media trends, Internet culture, and societal issues.

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08.06.24

How Safe Is China’s Food in Light of the Fuel-Tanker Cooking-Oil Scandal?

Isabel Hilton, Yaling Jiang & more
Melamine-tainted milk, rat meat sold as lamb, recycled cooking oil sourced from restaurant waste or even sewers, rice containing poisonous heavy metals: food safety scandals were extraordinarily frequent in China in the first 15 years of the 21st...