China

Belarusian agriculture to be sold to Chinese
- Charter 97
- 13 June 2017
China's DRex Food Group is negotiating with Belarus for the lease of 20,000 hectares for the construction of a 40,000 head dairy farm in the Mahiliou region, Klimavichy district.
Cambodia: communities in protracted struggle against Chinese sugar companies’ land grab
- CNA, Ponlok Khmer, GRAIN, CIYA and AIPP
- 08 June 2017
A new report exposes the devastating consequences of land grabs for indigenous communities in Preah Vihear province, northern Cambodia.
Danish investment firm breaks ground in Chinese pig breeding project
- Global Meat News
- 08 June 2017
A Danish government investment fund is one of four investors in a huge new pig breeding and processing project that has just broken ground in northern China.
Small farmers in Madagascar say Chinese investors forced them to sell their land for dirt cheap
- Global Voices
- 05 June 2017
Chinese foreigners are forcing farmers in southwest Madagascar to sell their land for a mere 7 ariary (less than US $0.01) per square meter.
After years of taking on a sugar company, Preah Vihear activist tries hand as CNRP candidate
- Phnom Phen Post
- 29 May 2017
Resistance to the Chinese sugar company Rui Feng is now embodied in Khum Rany, the 27-year-old Cambodia National Rescue Party commune chief candidate, who has staked her campaign on the issue.
Chinese spend $1.2bn on Australian agriculture
- Farmers Journal
- 28 May 2017
Chinese investors ramped up their investment in Australian agriculture last year, spending $1.2bn on farms and agribusinesses, a new report from KMPG and the University of Sydney has revealed.
China’s plan to `colonise` Pak is now out!
- Scoop News
- 24 May 2017
The secrecy behind much-touted China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) now lies in tatters with details of how China is plotting the economic takeover of Pakistan published early this week. Major thrust areas of this plan will hugely affect Pakistani agriculture sector.
Sugar rush puts monster mill well ahead of target
- Phnom Penh Post
- 23 May 2017
Cambodia's biggest sugar mill owned by Rui Feng International Co Ltd. has produced half a million tonnes of refined white sugar despite facing accusations of land-grabbing and using its partner firms to circumvent restrictions on the maximum legal size of land a company can hold as an ELC.
China spins a global food web from Mozambique to Missouri
- Bloomberg
- 23 May 2017
As China's government sets up farms in developing countries, the nation's food companies are scouring the world for premium products
Foreign investment in Australia’s agricultural land hits $4.6b
- Weekly Times
- 16 May 2017
Investment in Australia’s agricultural land has soared to $4.6 billion, with the bulk of that coming from the US.
Secret China-Pakistan Economic Corridor document reveals Beijing is the new East India Company
- Outlook
- 16 May 2017
Thousands of acres of agricultural land will be leased out to Chinese enterprises to set up demonstration projects in areas ranging from seed varieties to irrigation technology.
Uganda: Chinese firm accused of grabbing land in Mubende
- NTV
- 16 May 2017
The manager of a farm belonging to a Chinese Company known as Quality Parts (FOMASA) in Mubende district has been arrested on allegations of grabbing people’s land and torturing them.