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China SignPost™ “Greatest Hits” #3: Agricultural & Consumer Markets
December 23rd, 2013Legacies of restrictive farmland ownership policies, in addition to land and water resources overtaxed by pollution and urban development, constrain China’s agricultural production potential significantly. Famine…
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China’s Rising Seaborne Food and Fuel Imports: Propelling Naval Expansion?
May 13th, 2012Strategic Horizon 1C: The U.S.-China relationship will be central to international relations in the twenty-first century, as the two great Asia-Pacific powers compete, coexist, and cooperate…
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Tilling Foreign Soil: New Farmland Ownership Laws Force Chinese Agriculture Inve...
March 29th, 2012Chinese consumers’ growing appetite for meat is driving increased grain imports, which is great news for corn and soybean growers in Argentina and Brazil. Yet Chinese…
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Supersize Me: Rising Fast Food Sales Suggest China Will Keep Driving a Global Fa...
February 9th, 2012Chinese consumers are rapidly changing their diets as disposable income rises and fast food items from Western companies like Yum Brands are playing a centerpiece role…
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China’s Growing Meat Consumption is Driving Corn Imports and Creating a New St...
January 2nd, 2012China will likely import 3.0 million tonnes of corn in the 2011/12 market year, more than triple the amount it took in 2010/11 (USDA). As Chinese…
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The Saudi Arabia of Corn: Reduce U.S. ethanol production and boost corn exports ...
March 28th, 2011In 2010, the U.S. used roughly 138 million tonnes of corn to produce ethanol—43% of the nation’s total corn crop of 316 million tonnes (Exhibit 1)….