CHOPPED cardboard, softened in an industrial chemical and made tasty with pork flavouring, is a main ingredient in batches of steamed buns sold in a Beijing neighbourhood, state television said.
The report, aired late on Wednesday on China Central Television, highlights the country's perennial problems with food safety despite continuing government efforts to improve the situation.
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