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Inside the food industry: the surprising truth about what you eat

Think you eat only healthy, unprocessed foods? Think again. Joanna Blythman went undercover and discovered that even your fruit salad is not what it seems

The Bitter Lessons

Thoughts on US-China Competition

How a Chinese marketing network quietly injects political narratives into Taiwanese lifestyle content

A new investigation by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reveals how certain Facebook pages posing as lifestyle hubs for hobbies and health tips inject Beijing’s political narratives into their feeds to influence public opinion in Taiwan. These pages are tied to the China-based digital marketing company Wubianjie, which blends entertainment, disinformation and political messaging in cognitive warfare campaigns that are difficult to detect.

Plant-based meat has been relentlessly — and unfairly — attacked as “ultra-processed.” Can the industry save itself?

Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods are placing big, divergent bets on the future of meat. Who will win?

Wenfeng Liang: Four-Hour Investor Meeting Transcript

"What's up ahead might all be sesame seeds — there are still watermelons further down the road."

So can we really feed the world? Yes -- and here's how

Nathanael Johnson spent six months asking if we could support small farmers, protect the planet, and end hunger. This is what he learned.

A summer of recalls exposes holes in the nation’s food safety net • Minnesota Reformer

Jalapenos. Frozen berries. Beef. Alfalfa sprouts. A summer of food recalls, including the record-shattering cyclosporiasis outbreak tied to iceberg lettuce that has sickened thousands, has raised many Americans’ fears of contracting a foodborne illness. The recalls have focused attention on the Trump administration’s decision to cut funding and staff at several public health agencies, and […]

China confounds all that western liberals believed about the net | John Naughton

Technology is being used by China to exercise ever greater control over their workers’ lives

Who’s Afraid of Chinese Models? (Stratechery Article 7-20-2026)

le Snoop on Instagram: "The entire TikTok is eating sushi the wrong way #gay #mlm #musclesushi #bicepsushi"

13K likes, 148 comments - le.snoops on April 20, 2026: "The entire TikTok is eating sushi the wrong way #gay #mlm #musclesushi #bicepsushi".

China

The most important story of 2014 that most people ignored was the Chinese economy overtaking the US economy.  (This is using the purchasing power parity metric, which incorporates differences in...

On the virtues of eating dog food - in limited quantities

I've been fairly clear at various points that a big part of the reason I wrote Jacquard in the first place was because I was trying to write something else, ...

This is the world's first Michelin starred street food chef

Chan Hon Meng, who is also the chef at Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice and Noodle in Singapore, said he was left dumbfounded