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Of these, 15,000 were killed by the virus. The other 5,000 were destroyed as a precaution. "It started with a few pigs a day, then it was hundreds," said Sun, a pig farmer and agricultural entrepreneur from Hebei Province, China. "In the end, 800 pigs would die in a single day." African swine fever (ASF) is decimating China's pork industry, …

As the Chinese Year of the Dog comes to an end, millions of people around the world are preparing to ring in the Year of the Pig – and that includes the New Yorkers. On February 17, the 20th free annual Lunar New Year parade will be held in New York City. Start at 1:00 pm In Chinatown, Lower Manhattan, …