Plastic’ seaweed? Chinese producers lose millions over rumours

Video clip went viral on the internet in China falsely claiming some of the produce sold in Fujian province was artificial, newspaper reports Seaweed producers in southeast China say they have lost hundreds of millions of yuan in two weeks after a video went viral on the internet alleging that some of their produce was made of plastic, according to Chinese media reports. In the two-minute clip that was widely circulated on social media, a woman questioned whether the seaweed collected by one producer in Jinjiang in Fujian province was real.