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• Panic buying around the world -- Media Watch July 17 -- BONTV
• Magic tricks added for classic ballet "The Nutcracker"
• "China meets America" Culture Festival builds platform to communicate
• Tokyo's Dino-Kingdom 2012 exhibition kicks off
• Toy & Animation Educational Expo makes fun for all ages
• Tele interview: TCM practioners register in Australia
• Chinese medicine practioners licensed in Australia

Panic buying around the world -- Media Watch July 17 -- BONTV Posted: 22 Jul 2012 08:09 PM PDT Panic buying around the world -- Media Watch July 17 -- BONTV Go to bon.tv to watch the full episode Chinese parents spooked by a series of food safety scandals are importing baby formula from overseas in a trend that is causing milk powder supplies to dwindle across the globe. Paranoid parents are tapping into China's massive diaspora, asking family and friends living abroad to send milk powder and baby food. Those without international connections are paying courier services to buy and send the products to China. But now Chinese expatriates in Britain and the United States say they are finding it increasingly difficult to find supplies to send home, and medical experts are warning there could be dangers in importing an unknown international product. Zhou Ying, who lives in New York, said she is asked to bring baby formula every time she visits China. "One time I brought 12 cans for my friend who just had a baby," she said. "I went to five stores to buy them because each store, such as CVS or Duane Reade (two chain pharmacies), only had two or three cans." Demand is so high in some international cities with a high concentration of Chinese expatriates, that some retailers have started imposing limits on the number of cans customers can buy. An online Chinese trader who wished only to be known as Ukbabee, told China Daily she sells 400 cans of baby powder a month. The 52-year-old's store is one of more than 1500 on Taobao — a Chinese online marketplace — that sell imported milk powder. But Ukbabee said her daughter, who lives in <b>...</b> From: bontvchina Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 03:05 More in News & Politics

Magic tricks added for classic ballet "The Nutcracker" Posted: 22 Jul 2012 07:45 PM PDT Chinese arts going abroad and in the meanwhile western arts are also coming to China. You may be familiar with the classic ballet "The Nutcracker", but how about a radical take on the 19th century masterpiece, featuring some added magic and acrobatics?

"China meets America" Culture Festival builds platform to communicate Posted: 22 Jul 2012 07:37 PM PDT China meets America in New York! At the Chinese Culture Festival Concert this month, at Manhattan?s Lincoln Center, American musicians and Chinese performers from around the world came together for a spectacular song and dance collaboration.

Tokyo's Dino-Kingdom 2012 exhibition kicks off Posted: 22 Jul 2012 06:58 PM PDT Some ancient creatures came roaring back to life on Saturday with the opening of Japan?s largest ever dinosaur exhibition. All the usual Jurassic favourites were on show for the Tokyo crowds to get their teeth into and there was a first -- as Dino-lovers got to meet the feathered cousin of the fearsome Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Toy & Animation Educational Expo makes fun for all ages Posted: 22 Jul 2012 06:25 PM PDT Beijing?s Toy & Animation Educational Expo has just come to an end, after four days of fun for all the family. We can get a feel for the creative atmosphere, and all the fun-filled games on offer.

Tele interview: TCM practioners register in Australia Posted: 22 Jul 2012 06:15 PM PDT For more on this issue, we?re joined on the phone by Mr. Lv Aiping, Chair researcher of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences.

Chinese medicine practioners licensed in Australia Posted: 22 Jul 2012 06:12 PM PDT Since July 1st this year, practitioners of Chinese medicine in Australia have had to be registered under the country's national registration and accreditation scheme.

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