A Chinese man went on trial on Tuesday for poisoning frozen dumplings which were exported to Japan and sickened 10 people there, state media reported, in a case that raised tensions between Beijing and Tokyo.

Factory worker Lu Yueting was said to have injected pesticide into the dumplings because he was unhappy with his pay and did not get on with his co-workers at the Tianyang Food Plant in the northern province of Hebei.

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