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China Gangs Spreading Rumors to Exploit Pork Crisis, Report Says
Buyers browse pigs in a holding pen at a wholesale market in Nanning.
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Chinese criminal gangs are spreading rumors about the African swine fever to scare farmers into selling pigs for cheaper, according to magazine China Comment.