China

Kidnapping, torture, and stolen land: The brutal reality of Ethiopia's new sugar wars
- VICE
- 27 Mar 2020
Ethiopia's Mursi tribe says they were imprisoned and tortured to protect Chinese sugar plantations.
China encourages firms to raise pigs overseas to plug domestic pork shortage
- Reuters
- 17 Mar 2020
China has urged local authorities to support qualified domestic firms to “go out,” and build hog farming bases in countries where pig products are eligible to be exported back to China.
Chinese soybeans grown in Russia want subsidies
- Dimsums Blogspot
- 15 Mar 2020
China grow more soybeans in Russia to replace imported American soybeans. More than 70 companies from Heilongjiang province already grow soybeans in Russia and there are eight foreign agricultural "industry parks" covering an area of 600,000 ha. The main threat of the soybean ventures appears to be incursions of Russian territory as China effectively colonizes its distant, empty Far East.
再见 Hengfu (Goodbye, Hengfu)
- GRAIN
- 13 February 2020
Almost a decade since government of Cambodia granted 40,000 hectares land concession to five Chinese companies believed to be subsidiaries of a single Chinese owned firm, Hengfu. The whole project that affected indigenous Kuoy community has now fallen apart.
Massive Chinese sugarcane firm disappears from Preah Vihear
- VoA Cambodia
- 04 February 2020
Chinese sugarcane concessionaire Rui Feng and four linked firms seemed to have shut down their operations in the combined 40,000-hectare sugarcane plantation in northern Cambodia, with little public notice of the closure. All firms have faced multiple land disputes, especially with indigenous minorities.
A Macau company planting the seeds in Portugal
- Macau Daily
- 29 January 2020
The acquisition of one of Portugal’s biggest agricultural companies by Macau firm CESL Asia last year may yet be seen as a defining moment in the economic relationship between China, Portugal and the Macau SAR.
China-Africa: "Huge" ag cooperation potential
- Dimsums Blogspot
- 11 December 2019
China hosted African agricultural leaders for a forum to expand and deepen cooperation, investment, and trade with African agriculture over the next 3 years. And 11 project agreements were signed by government departments, international organizations, research units, and companies, adding to 115 agricultural projects that China has in two-thirds of African countries.
Cambodian villagers block digging work by Chinese company
- RFA
- 03 December 2019
Villagers believe that local authorities have illegally conspired to sell a large part of the forest to Hamenivent
Chinese company to build UGX.1.6 trillion fish breeding centre in Uganda
- PML Daily
- 01 December 2019
Hainan Qinfu Foods Company Limited from China is looking for 5,000 acres of land to invest a total of $450m in a specialized aquaculture industrial park.
Australia: Local, offshore funds pounce on $50m of Chinese-owned farms
- Commercial Real Estate
- 25 November 2019
The Chinese exodus from the east coast beef, lamb and cropping sectors is gathering pace, with recent divestments by Rifa Salutary and Union Agriculture surpassing $50 million.
4 new Cambodian banana plantations approved for export to China
- Produce Report
- 06 November 2019
This brings the total number of Cambodian banana plantations approved to export to China up to nine, representing a total planting area of around 10,000 hectares.
AFP seizes $17.3m worth of property in Victoria, Tasmania in Chinese money laundering probe
- ABC
- 31 October 2019
A mansion in Melbourne's east, newly constructed units and more than 3,000 acres of Tasmanian farmland are among $17.3 million in property seized by authorities as part of an investigation into alleged money laundering by Chinese nationals.