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A month after 10,000 dead pigs were found floating in a river near Shanghai, 900 people were arrested for selling rat, fox and mink meat as lamb. These, just the latest of a string of food scandals in China, are adding to concerns about the country's food supply chain. Some Chinese are starting to take matters into their own hands, and there are solutions out there for every budget.

Spain's King Juan Carlos is under increasing pressure to abdicate in favour of his son, Felipe. Last year's elephant-hunting trip to Botswana did not help improve the King’s ailing popularity, especially at a time when the country’s public purse strings are being tightened. His popularity has slipped further in the wake of allegations linking Princess Cristina and her husband to an embezzlement plot. France 24 reports from Majorca on what the locals think of Spain’s monarchy.