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The last reported outbreak of bird flu in mainland China was in April, in the northern region of Ningxia
Olli Geibel
This file photo shows chickens at a farm on the outskirts of Beijing, in 2010. Authorities in China's remote northwestern region of Xinjiang have culled more than 150,000 chickens following an outbreak of bird flu, according to officials.