Dim sum is bad? Hong Kong bites back

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: April 28, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Keith Bradsher
International Herald Tribune
04-28-2005
A report by the Hong Kong government suggesting that eating many kinds of dim sum regularly may be bad for your health has provoked a strong reaction. Practically every Chinese-language newspaper in Hong Kong has run a banner headline about it across its front page. Scrolling electronic displays in subway cars have flashed the news, and the report has become a topic of breakfast, lunch and dinner conversations at Chinese restaurants across the city. Longtime dim sum lovers are indignant. ''The government is putting its thumb on every ...

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