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Shao said the goal is form the joint venture by the end of 2007.
"This makes repeating results very difficult, as researchers might be using different extracts, " Shao says.
CNN's Saad Abedine, Holly Yan, Tian Shao, Tracy Doueiry and Richard Roth contributed to this report.
To get a perspective from someone who covers these issues in China, we turn to Lin Shao-wen.
Another Shanghai resident, Shao Linxia, said she would not longer be buying food from traditional markets, but instead using large supermarkets.
"We have always lacked water, " says 67-year-old villager Shao Zhong.
CNN's Tian Shao and Steven Jiang contributed to this report.
Mr. LIN SHAO-WEN (Deputy Newsroom Director, China Radio International): The government here is saying that this is a market economy so it will take some measures to work for a manageable, freer flow of the exchange rate.
That evening , the Lindens, their two sons and I feasted on a local version of the classic hong shao yu (red-cooked fish), fried until golden then braised in a soy-based sauce with fragrant seasonings like star anise, cinnamon and chili paste.
Speaking at a Friday news conference in Shanghai, Shao Linchu, a deputy director at the Shanghai Agricultural Commission, said local authorities had slaughtered more than 20, 000 birds at a market in the suburb of Songjiang on Thursday night, and were investigating the origin of infected pigeons discovered there.
Speaking at a Friday news conference in Shanghai, Shao Linchu, a deputy director at the Shanghai Agricultural Commission, said local authorities had slaughtered more than 20, 000 live birds at a wholesale market in the suburb of Songjiang on Thursday night, and were investigating the origin of infected pigeons discovered there.
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