Bao Thinkohyao is a local guide who was born on the island of Ko Yao Yai.

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Gong Bao chicken is beautiful to look at: a glorious medley of chicken flesh, golden peanuts and bright red chiles.

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The medicine is called She Xiang Bao Xin, a mixture of musk, synthetic ox gallstones, an enemy-repelling toad secretion and four herbs.

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Enveloped in a smog of coal dust that softens the sunlight into a hazy glow is the An Tai Bao surface coal mine.

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An Tai Bao, which is run solely by Chinese managers, has become an emblem of Komatsu prowess in China.

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Yet Mr Bao swears he is sincere.

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The first challenge was preparing the jelly that is the key to the xiao long bao's soupy center.

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However, Bao Viet, Vietnam's largest insurance company, which was privatized in May, is expected to list on a main exchange soon and is worth watching, says Indochina Capital's Chief Executive Peter Ryder, who manages the Indochina Capital Vietnam Holdings fund, a London-traded closed-end.

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