In 1983, after China began to allow private ownership, the siblings decided to set up a business in quail eggs, a Chinese delicacy.

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Finally, there is a future danger to price stability as corporations begin to put all of their manufacturing eggs in the Chinese basket.

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For breakfast Thursday, Guan ate a typical Chinese breakfast of potatoes with meat, rice and stir-fried eggs, showing no sign of nerves, his mother said.

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The only local goods she can come up with are some eggs but, she hastily adds, she also has some cheaper Chinese ones.

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Pyongyang, according to Chinese visitors, is better fed than anywhere else in North Korea, but even here no meat or eggs seemed to be available.

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