The cheap "delicacy" is made from gluten, the stuff that makes bread dough chewy. The stick of protein is spicy and is commonly sold at roadside stands.
The snack leapt to national and international fame recently when an overseas Chinese student posted a picture of his foreign classmates "enjoying" the snack
online.
The latiao fervor came one month after it caught the attention of a British film crew, and in February, the BBC aired a three-part documentary on Chinese
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#Latiaomostpopularsnack became one of the "most-trending" on microblog Sina
Weibo.
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Not everyone is pleased to see latiao in the international spotlight, as the snack is often produced in unhygienic circumstances. A story about latiao being
made in dirty workshops in Henan generated headlines recently. Many have
complained about diarrhea and stomachache after eating the snack.
Xu Zichen, the Luhe food inspection official, said the local government has closed many unqualified latiao makers or upgraded their facilities to guarantee
food safety.
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people out of poverty is historic.
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Bank annual meetings, when he was asked to comment on China's poverty reduction
efforts.
"With evolution of the Chinese economic system and its embrace of the global market, China has lifted over 800 million out of poverty," said the World Bank
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According to Kim, the World Bank will continue to work with China in areas, such as healthcare system overhaul and ensuring social services access in
distant regions in China.
When asked about China's economic outlook, Kim said that China has been making progress in reducing reliance on investment and exports and focusing on
domestic consumption and services sector.
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Lagarde suggested China should continue the policies to rein in credit growth in order to prevent financial risks.
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ending July 4. However, inventories at Cushing, Oklahoma, rose 447,000 barrels
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Global crude oil prices have been on a falling track as investors are less concerned about crude supply from Iraq and Libya.
The violence in Iraq hasn't spread to the south, the source of most of the country's output and Brent has almost returned to the level before Islamist
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