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Shopping for Illegal Cigarettes in Sydney’s Chinatown
Shop owners are flouting Australia's plain packaged cigarette laws by selling imported fags for less than you'd find them elsewhere in the city.
Russia Is Playing Whack-a-Mole with the Online Black Market for Imported Food
Russian officials have blocked three websites and sued four more that have been offering imported hot commodities such as cheeses, seafood, and meat.
Why Is It So Hard to Find Good Chinese Food in Shanghai?
Chinese food in Shanghai simply isn't all that good. I'm not talking about Shanghainese cuisine, with its fatty pork and sweet, thick sauces. I'm talking about food from the diverse regions all over China, which Shanghai just can't seem to get right.
China's Terrifying Food Safety Track Record Is Creating Savvier Shoppers
You won’t need to be in China long before you see something in a restaurant that makes you recoil. With the country's history of glow-in-the-dark pork and gutter oil, however, Chinese consumers are turning to imported food, which they regard as...
The US Is the World's Largest Producer of Corn, So Why Are We Importing More?
Because of its reliance on genetically modified crops, the world's largest producer of corn has been forced to import organic, non-GMO corn from other countries.
China Is Going Wild for Offal from Spanish Pigs
The Asian country is importing Spain's off-cuts—brains, stomachs, intestines, and the like—in growing numbers.
South Africa Is in a Massive Cock Fight with the Congressional Chicken Caucus
While the US has allowed Chardonnay from Stellenbosch to flow duty-free into American goblets since 2000, taxes imposed on Yankee bird meat that same year have impeded US chicken sales to the growing South African market.
Russia Says It Has Developed a Cow That Doesn't Need to Eat
With a ban on Western food imports still in effect, Russia has developed some novel solutions to its meat shortage. According to state-run media, breeders have engineered a cow that can survive without eating for long stretches of time.
There Is A Tampon Shortage Plaguing the Women of Argentina
Currency and import restrictions by the government have resulted in a scarcity of tampons since December in Argentina. 'As summer nears, the lack of tampons is a problem. You can’t go to the beach or get into the water,' one woman said.
I Can't Wait to Drink Authentic Cuban Rum
Obama's new rules free up travel and trade between Cuba and the US. I know what I'm grabbing when I go to the island: Booze and cigars.
We Hope Russians Like Philippine Crocodile Meat
As Russia continues to struggle under sanctions imposed by Western governments—as well as its self-imposed ban on food products from the EU, US, and elsewhere—the country announced a plan help close the meat gap: eat crocodile instead.
Dealing Drugs in Saudi Arabia Is a Very Stressful Business
There are extremely harsh penalties involved if you get caught importing or selling booze or drugs in Saudi Arabia, which doesn't mean no one gets wasted. It just means that everyone is very, very careful.