Chinese demand for formula brings Aussie howls of 'stealing from babies'

15 years after deadly melamine scandal, mainland parents still look overseas

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Premium brands of baby formula often run out as savvy Chinese snatch them off supermarket shelves to resell them for a profit at home. © Reuters

HAMISH McDONALD, Contributing writer

SYDNEY -- China's insatiable demand for Australian formula milk has turned some middle-class suburbs in Sydney into hotbeds of petty crime.

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