A photo taken on Dec 10, 2018, shows the Wu Pao Chun Bakery in Shanghai. [Photo/IC] A bakery scheduled to officially open next week in downtown Shanghai jointly invested by a Taiwan star baker and Singaporean company Bread Talk has attracted more talk than expected, as netizens, suspicious of the brand owner's alleged pro-Taiwan independence political stance, called for a boycott of the bakery. The shop, Wu Pao Chun Bakery, on one of Shanghai's most prosperous commercial streets, Huaihai Road, is the popular Taiwanese bakery's first branch on the Chinese mainland. It has been enjoying brisk business since it started a trial operation on Friday, despite early winter drizzle that has dampened the eastern city for days and the spiraling speculation on its founder's political stance. Wu Pao-chun, the bakery's founder, was born in southern Taiwan's Pingtung county in 1970, and started his career as an apprentice baker in Taipei at the age of 15. He founded the bakery in Kaohsiung in 2010 after he earned second prize in what's considered the bread-making Olympics, Coupe Louis Lesaffre, in 2008 and won the title of Master Baker two years later. Despite the baker's popularity in Taiwan, Wu has been slow to expand. In 2016 when asked about his plan for new branches, Wu was quoted by Taiwan People News as saying, Although the Chinese market has more than 1.3 billion customers, the world's market has over 7 billion. I won't put my eyes only on China. The words have been interpreted as Wu's support for Taiwan independence and in extreme cases, some media distorted them as, I would rather go starving than open a branch on the Chinese mainland, which aroused criticism and protest by mainland netizens at the bakery's recent expansion. In response, Wu issued a statement on the bakery's website on Monday, saying he's proud of being Chinese, supports the 1992 Consensus, and wants to contribute to cross-Straits economic exchanges. He also called for a news conference in the bakery's flagship store in Kaohsiung on Tuesday, where he further clarified his stance. I am just a professional baker, and the world of the bakery is pure and simple, he said. I am happy that many young people choose this profession because of me and I feel responsible to create a better market for them. Kaohsiung's mayor-elect, Han Kuo-yu, attended the news conference in support of Wu. Master Wu is just a baker who wants to develop his business for a better life, he said. So I hope people on both sides can protect and cherish him. According to The Straits Times, Wu and Singaporean company Bread Talk signed a joint venture agreement in March to bring Wu's bakeries to Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen and Guangzhou, as well as Hong Kong and Singapore. Bread Talk took an 80 percent stake in the deal and Wu Pao Chun Food Ltd holds the remainder. cheapest place to buy silicone wristbands
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Representations of the Ripple, Bitcoin, Etherum and Litecoin virtual currencies are seen on a PC motherboard in this illustration picture, Feb 13, 2018. [Photo/VCG] Police in Tianjin have confiscated 600 bitcoin mining computers after the local power grid reported abnormal electrical consumption. According to Xinhua News Agency, an electrical line monitored by the power company in Tianjin recently saw a sudden increase in line losses of up to 28 percent during peak hours. Investigators said they found that an electrical junction box for a power user's electricity meter had been bypassed, which is a typical way to escape billing. Bitcoins are a virtual currency used to buy other currencies, products and services online. Bitcoin mining uses algorithms to verify transactions, and miners earn bitcoins in exchange. Powerful computers are used to calculate algorithm outcomes before other miners, so bitcoin miners usually seek locations with easy access to cheap electricity. Basically, the fastest computer wins. It was estimated that the monthly electrical charge for 600 such computers would be hundreds of thousands of yuan. Online exchanges of virtual currencies have been closed in China. Local police said that one person was detained and five others are under investigation. Eight high-powered cooling fans were seized. In January, Beijing police cracked a case involving the theft of 100 bitcoins worth more than 2 million yuan ($316,000) at the time, according to media reports. The suspect, surnamed Zhong, an operations maintenance engineer at a Beijing-based internet technology company, embezzled bitcoins from the company. He was detained in March and is awaiting trial.  
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