Shifting Priorities in Chinese Agriculture
At the Los Angeles Times, Michael Meyer, author of “In Manchuria: A Village Called Wasteland...
by Cindy | Mar 23, 2015
At the Los Angeles Times, Michael Meyer, author of “In Manchuria: A Village Called Wasteland...
by Josh Rudolph | Nov 21, 2013
Local government seizure of farmland is a major cause of social unrest in the Chinese countryside,...
by Cindy | Nov 21, 2013
A farmer in Zhejiang Province has successfully converted a rooftop into a rice field....
by Sophie Beach | Nov 11, 2013
In the New York Times, Ian Johnson has written a lengthy report about a model town built outside...
by Samuel Wade | Sep 24, 2013
Reuters’ Adam Jourdan reports China’s latest food safety scandal: the alleged use of...
by Samuel Wade | Feb 18, 2013
NPR’s Louisa Lim profiles singer Zuoxiao Zuzhou, who has been described as “China’s Leonard Cohen” by Michael Timmins of Cowboy Junkies, and as the most important musician in China by Ai Weiwei. On These...
by Sophie Beach | Feb 14, 2013
The Wall Street Journal explores land ownership in China, and the economic and political factors which lead to farmers being pushed off their land and often into lives of poverty: The root of the problem is an economic system...
by Scott Greene | Dec 5, 2012
Esther Fung and Tom Orlik of The Wall Street Journal call attention to a legislative development that may signal the Chinese government’s intention to step up its crackdown on illegal land grabs: In a little-noticed move,...
by Samuel Wade | Oct 2, 2012
At chinadialogue, Dave Goulson describes how heavy pesticide use has wiped out wild bees in the south west of China, leaving farmers to take over the job of pollination. Evidence from around the world points to falling and...
by Samuel Wade | Jul 16, 2012
As the 2012 leadership transition looms, The Economist profiles a man tipped to come out ahead in 2022: Hu Chunhua, whose current position as Party secretary of Inner Mongolia parallels Hu (no relation) Jintao’s equivalent...
by Samuel Wade | Jun 22, 2012
China’s latest water conservancy plan will include a system of progressive pricing to discourage excessive consumption. The country’s best known efforts to confront its deepening water crisis have been titanic...
by Anne Henochowicz | Jun 19, 2012
Europe correspondent for Window on the South (南风窗) Xiong Peiyun shared his thoughts on land...
by Sophie Beach | Feb 8, 2012
The recent uprising in Wukan, Guangdong focused attention on the plight of farmers whose land is confiscated by developers without proper compensation. With China’s rapid economic growth and little oversight over...
by Sophie Beach | Sep 21, 2011
For Al Jazeera, Melissa Chan reports from a village where farmers had their land confiscated only weeks before the autumn harvest: Documents provided to Al Jazeera by township-level officials showed contracts the government...
by Samuel Wade | Sep 15, 2011
The Associated Press reports that a group of farmers petitioning for land seizure compensation were arrested and physically restrained for days to deny them access to visiting US Vice President Joe Biden: The farmers, all women...
by Samuel Wade | Jul 6, 2011
At Bloomberg, The Council on Foreign Relations’ Peter Orszag argues for higher water prices in China to encourage efficiency: In Oman, a Middle Eastern desert country where water is scarce, it is understood to be more...
by Sophie Beach | Jul 6, 2011
The Los Angeles Times takes a look at why China’s farmers are getting left behind in the economic reform process: …With global food prices rising, particularly in China’s cities, conventional wisdom had it that...
by Sophie Beach | Apr 25, 2011
Reuters reports on how the urbanization of China is transforming life for those left behind to till the land: The virtual absence of any farmers under 40 speaks to China’s urbanization. Youngsters decamp as soon as they...