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03 May 2012Rural Modernity

With publication of the Land Matrix, the inaccurate claims of a 2.8 million ha land deal by China's ZTE in Congo are alive again. Here's a look at the facts.

06 Mar 2012Reuters

Land-grab fears take hold in Congo

A law meant to breathe new life into agriculture in Democratic Republic of Congo risks scaring off needed foreign investment due to a clause calling for farms to be majority-owned by Congolese, according to investors and other sector players.

21 Oct 2010Asian Sentinel

Laos and the Resource Curse

China and other nations are making Laos an industrial farm, to the detriment of its ecology

16 Mar 2010Sudan Tribune

Chinese firm given land deal in Sudan

The Chinese company ZTE received an allocation of approximately 10,000 hectares of land from the Ministry of Agriculture. The deal aims at boosting production of wheat and maize, state media reported.

12 Jan 2009Agweek

China appropriates foreign and domestic land to build its rubber empire

Some Laotian farmers are losing their ancestral lands or being forced to become wage workers on what were once their fields

30 Jun 2008Stratfor

China: 'Going Outward' for Food Security

Beijing is adding agricultural investments to its “go outward” strategy, under which domestic businesses are encouraged to venture into foreign markets.

04 May 2008The Associated Press

China farms the world to feed a ravenous economy

As Beijing scrambles to feed its galloping economy, it has already scoured the world for mining and logging concessions. Now it is turning to crops to feed its people and industries. Chinese enterprises are snapping up vast tracts of land abroad and forging contract farming deals.

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