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Feb 2022
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Demand soars for Chinese medicine to tre...

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An SBS investigation has found that members of Australia’s Chinese community are importing and championing a traditional Chinese medicine they say is effective in treating COVID-19, despite it being illegal in this country.  

  

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连花清瘟被澳洲海关明令禁止进口一年多后,许多华人依旧想在家中囤上几盒,让自己在疫情阴云的笼罩下获得一丝安全感,殊不知“抗疫灵药”恐令华人身陷严重法律风险。

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