Zhaohua Li is an American-born independent journalist based in Beijing. He has written on Asia for the Christian Science Monitor, the San Francisco Chronicle and Frommer's guidebooks, among other publications. He is currently also a Blakemore-Freeman fellow in Chinese language studies at Tsinghua University. His interests in China run from the energy and the environment to media and pop culture.
It appears the disease ravaging China’s porcine population has led the world’s largest pork-producing country to strike an import deal with the world’s largest pork processing company. From the Washington Post’s Washbiz Blog: An outbreak of a deadly disease among Chinese pigs has created a business opportunity for Virginia-based Smithfield Foods, which today announced an […]
Read MoreChina’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) recently attempted to downplay worries over increases in food prices by arguing that rises in income were more than enough to compensate. Writing on his personal...
Read MoreChina announces a new labeling system designed to quiet the recent storm over tainted food exports. Via the Economic Times (India): Food exports that have passed inspections will carry the label “CIQ”, which stands for China Inspection and Quarantine, agencies reported, citing a regulation from the nation’s quality watchdog. Packing must also carry information, such […]
Read MoreOne of China’s more prolific columnists details for China Dialogue the sundry ways in which Chinese officials waste money that might otherwise be spent protecting the environment: In the past few years China’s central government has begun promoting the concept of a “conserving society”. But this should not just be an economic concept; it should […]
Read MoreChina’s top meteorologist predicts China will need to “add” 10 million hectares of arable land over the next two decades to compensate for losses to grain production caused by global warming. From China Daily: “Global warming may cause the grain harvest to fall by 5 to 10 percent, that is by 30-50 million tons, by […]
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