May 7, 2014: Beijing bans BBQ, China's new round of pork stockpiling, China grain export and more

Environmental Pollution and Health

Why China will fight for a global climate deal next year, Chinadialogue

China’s leaders know that an effective treaty on climate change in 2015 is essential to the country’s development, says IPCC China expert Wang Chunfeng

Chinese and US climate interests are converging, Chinadialogue

Bilateral climate change negotiations between China and the US are the most significant development since the Kyoto Protocol

Bottoms Up: Beijing Residents Mock Pollution with ‘Airpocalypse’ IPA, WSJ

Adam Goldstein was checking the Beijing air quality index on his iPad and laptop all day Saturday.

In Air Pollution Fight, Beijing Replaces BBQ With Burning Buses, WSJ

Beijing’s latest attempts to ban summer outdoor grilling as part of a fight against air pollution has claimed an unexpected casualty: buses.

Grain, Poultry, Dairy and Food Security

How WH Group made a pig’s breakfast of its IPO, chinaeconomicreview

Flogging pork to the Chinese should be an easy sell. Demand for the nation's favorite meat is so strong that it has reshaped the global pork trade over the past decade. 

China Launches New Round of Pork Stockpiling, WSJ

China's government opened a new round of buying for its pork reserves Wednesday, its second bid this year to lift prices for the country's favorite meat from their lowest levels in almost four years.

China lifts Virginia poultry ban, Meatpoultry

China is opening its markets to Virginia poultry after a seven-year ban. 

US beef industry eager for China to resume imports, chinadaily

Indications that US beef exports to China may resume this year after a decade-long ban positions US farmers and ranchers for a big windfall, a US beef-industry economist said.

U.S. soybean exports, global market still dependent on finicky China

On a volumetric basis, soybean exports have been the bright spot in an otherwise dismal export picture for grains and oilseeds.

HK bans import of poultry products from South Korea, xinhuanet

Hong Kong's Center for Food Safety of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced on Wednesday that the import of poultry meat and products, including poultry eggs from South Korea will be banned with immediate effect for the protection of Hong Kong's public and animal health.

USDA-Agribusiness Trade Mission to Northwest China, ESMEF

Places are still available on the U.S.-Northeast China Agribusiness Trade Mission (ATM), May 5-9, 2014, to Dalian, Shenyang, and Changchun. U.S. agribusinesses are invited to apply to participate in the mission.

Water Crisis

Chinese countryside facing more serious drinking water crisis than cities, Chinadialogue

Pollution scandals in Lanzhou and Wuhan have cast fresh doubt on China’s ability to provide clean drinking water to citizens in other parts of the country

  

Global Trade

China Exports to Recover, But Hardly, WSJ

China’s exports will still drop in April, but not as sharply as in March, suggesting modest improvement but no dramatic turnaround in the trade picture, economists said in advance of Thursday’s release of monthly data.

Russia/China Actions Renew Debate on Science-based Trade, USMEF

The big news in the meat industry in recent weeks has involved two of our leading export markets, Russia and China.