Environment
and Health
Proving that China ’s fight against pollution has
moved decisively into the realm of parody, bags containing mountain air were
shipped into one particularly smog-addled city over the weekend.
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Zhengzhou
residents enjoy vacuum-packed mountain air, Want China Times
Hundreds of protesters in southern China marched
against a chemical plant and environmental degradation on Sunday in a
demonstration that the Maoming city government called a "grave
violation" by criminals causing chaos.
Ongoing
Problem on Coal and Oil
Husky Energy and CNOOC Limited have
commenced first production at the landmark Liwan Gas Project in the South China Sea .
Let us kick-start our coal policy,
Mongolnews
The 4th global coking coal summit was held
in Taiyuan (Shanxi Province , China )
last week.
Crop
Dairy and Food Security
Related:
Danish dairy
giant Arla makes big gains in Chinese market, Want China Times
The value of Denmark-based dairy giant
Arla's stock in Mengniu, China's largest dairy firm, has risen 65%, increasing
the worth of Arla's original 1.8 billion Danish krone (US$333.3 million)
investment to nearly 3 billion krone (US$552.6 billion).
Poultry
trade feeling global impacts, Meat Poultry
Stakeholders in the global poultry trade
may see the second quarter get hit with a triple whammy — sharp increases in
grain prices; bird flu outbreaks in China and weaker Asian economy, Rabobank
noted in its poultry quarterly report.
Related:
Global
Poultry Industry Q1 2014, Businesswire
WH Group, the Chinese pork producer that
made headlines last year with the acquisition of Smithfield Foods., started
meeting investors with plans to raise up to $6 billion in its Hong
Kong initial public offering.
Trade
Many Americans get frustrated by the huge
trade deficit between the U.S.
and China .