Agriculture

China corn imports on pace to top 4m-ton USDA estimate

China has purchased 120,000 metric tons of US corn for shipment by the end of August, bringing its total confirmed purchases this season to nearly 4 million

China’s water woes

In Iowa, an unlikely solution

Asian Citrus raises dividend following fraud allegations

Asian Citrus (ACHL.LON, 0073.HKG), a Chinese company that makes and sells vegetable and fruit juices, increased its half-year dividend just days after denyin

This week in China

Feel my soft power; suspicious bulges

New Zealand to reconsider Chinese farm purchases

New Zealand's High Court ordered the government to reconsider a Chinese company's purchase of 16 farms, highlighting growing concerns over Chinese ownership

China signs $4.3bn soybean deal with US

China agreed to import 8.62 million metric tons of soybean oilseed from US suppliers, a pledge valued at around US$4.3 billion,

Xi's Iowa visit may point to deeper agricultural ties

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping will make a two-day stop in Iowa this week that may result in deeper agricultural ties between China and the US,

China's Wen calls for better land protection

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao called for better protection of the land rights of farmers during a visit to southern Guangdong province, where a violent land dis

Chinese government to allocate 10 percent land sales for irrigation construction

The Chinese government is set to release specific guidelines on allocating 10 percent of the net proceeds from local government land sales to the constructio

Officials remove tax on vegetables

China has removed a value-added tax (VAT) on vegetable distribution as part of an effort to combat rising food prices which contribute to inflation,

China's land supply up 37 percent in 2011

China's land supply went up 37 percent year-on-year in 2011 amid the government's tightening measure on commercial property market, according to the Ministr

GM me

A hungry nation debates genetically modified food

Chinese fisherman stabs South Korean coastguard in scuffle

A South Korean coastguard officer was stabbed to death while trying to seize a Chinese fishing boat, the latest in a series of deadly clashes over diminished

Near half of China's grain storage purchased

Around 31,000 tons of the total 68,000 tons of grain in the Chinese State temporary storage was purchased on Thursday at the Grain Wholesales and Trade Marke

South China villagers riot over latest land grab

Villagers carrying clubs and stones rioted Saturday over a land dispute in Guangdong province,

China's corn output reaches record levels

China's corn output increased 6.7% this year as farmers planted more of the crop to meet rising demand for feed from the domestic meat and dairy industries,

Strength in renewables

With low-cost manufacturing and a booming market, Chinese firms are set to dominate renewable energy

Cooperation for change

Peggy Liu, Chairperson and co-founder of JUCCCE, talks about how the US and China can work together on the world’s biggest challenges

Floors for the future

Interface¬FLOR’s new factory in Taicang, Jiangsu province explores new models of sustainable manufacturing

News briefs

Beijing tightens green car subsidy standards

It’s good to be green

How quickly can China achieve environmentally sustainable development?

One step back

Beijing’s decision to buy back shares in the Big Four banks highlights the stalled state of financial reform

Crouching tiger, angry bird

Chinese consumers are embracing mobile games wholeheartedly

Untapped

China’s beer market presents hurdles for would-be importers

Editor’s inbox

From “Sell bullish views during a bearish time,” Lu Ting, Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, October 7

Snowflakes from hell

Single kids 2.1; a bright future for Velcro; middle-class must-haves

The US currency bill could bring back jobs - but at what price?

US sentiment on China’s currency often springs from feelings of vulnerability – that China has the upper hand and is exploiting America’s lazy, shopaholic te

The US currency bill could bring back jobs - but at what price?

US sentiment on China’s currency often springs from feelings of vulnerability – that China has the upper hand and is exploiting America’s lazy, shopaholic te

China’s farm produces prices down by up to 5 percent

Farm produce prices in China fell in the week ending Oct 16 compared to the previous week, according to the Ministry of Commerce.

Bumper grain harvest for northeast China with 110 billion kilos

Grain harvests in Northeast China will be big this year, according to the State Administration of Grain, with total output in Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjian

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