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  • Hong Kong confirms 2nd human bird flu infection this winter

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    Hong Kong authorities on Friday confirmed the city’s second case of human bird flu infection this winter, five days after the death of a first patient who contracted the same H7N9 strain of the disease. The Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health said a 70-year-old man with underlying illnesses, who was admitted…

  • Japan culling 210,000 birds amid spreading avian flu

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    Japan has begun slaughtering about 210,000 farm birds in northern Hokkaido to contain another outbreak of a highly contagious strain of avian flu, an official said on Sunday. It is the fifth mass cull this winter in Japan with hundreds of officials working to prevent the spread of the virulent H5 strain, which has been…

  • Heralding social, financial change, China aims blow at iron rice bowl

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    By David Stanway PINGDINGSHAN, China (Reuters) – China has ordered state firms to smash the decades-old system of providing cradle-to-grave welfare support, known as the country's “iron rice bowl”. At the heart of soot-covered Pingdingshan in central China is the Pingmei Shenma Group, a state coal conglomerate that dominates the economy, society and air of…

  • Economy pays tab for Japan Inc’s free lunch on overtime

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    Japanese workers put up with long hours and unpaid overtime under pressure from cost-saving companies, and figures from government, which wants more money in workers' pockets to boost consumer spending, appear to underestimate the problem. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is trying to enact labor reforms as part of his “Abenomics” plan to end decades of…