China

PM admits 'concern' about sale of Crafar farms
- Dominion Post
- 03 July 2010
Prime Minister John Key does not believe the sale of "very large tracts of land" to foreign investors would be in the long-term interests of New Zealand.
MP questions Landcorp's Crafar bid
- TVNZ
- 25 June 2010
New Zealand's state-owned farm company Landcorp dismisses as conspiracy theory the notion that its bid for the Crafar farms is political interference
Inquiet pour sa sécurité alimentaire, le Brésil essaie de limiter les cessions de terres aux étrangers
- El Espectador
- 24 June 2010
Le gouvernement du Brésil est en train d’étudier la possibilité d’interdire aux étrangers d’acheter de la terre brésilienne. Un échange avec le journaliste qui a dévoilé l'histoire.
Brazil, worried about food security, seeks to limit foreign land ownership
- El Espectador
- 24 June 2010
The government of Brazil is studying the possibility of prohibiting the purchase of land by foreigners. A discussion with the journalist who broke the news, Mauro Zanatto.
Brasil, preocupado por la seguridad alimentaria, busca limitar las tierras en manos extranjeras
- El Espectador
- 24 June 2010
Sólo en Mato Grosso, grupos argentinos como Los Grobo o El Tejar tienen más de 1 millón de hectáreas.
Key bullish about Chinese trade prospects
- Radio New Zealand
- 18 June 2010
There are always concerns surrounding foreign ownership, but they're about the wider issue of land ownership and not specifically about China, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said after talks with Chinese Vice-President Xi Jingping
Chinese Government buying up our farms, says Senator Bill Heffernan
- Daily Telegraph
- 17 June 2010
The Chinese Government is buying Australian farms to directly feed its population, a senior Liberal said on the eve of a visit by a top Bejing official.
Lula defende inibir venda de terras a estrangeiros
- Folha de São Paulo
- 08 June 2010
Pelo menos nove grupos, entre coreanos, chineses e indonésios, vieram neste ano ao país em busca de terras para plantio de alimentos.
Greens claim conflict of interest in Crafar sale
- NZ Herald
- 03 June 2010
A lawyer advising the NZ Government how to make it easier to sell assets overseas is working for the Chinese company wanting to buy the Crafar farms, the Green Party says.
NE China province leases land, grows crops in Russia
- Xinhua
- 29 May 2010
Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province has leased 426,667 hectares of land in Russia to grow crops, the provincial agriculture commission said Friday.
Fears of farmland buy-out
- Big Pond News
- 29 May 2010
There are growing concerns that a legislative loophole could allow vast tracks of Australia's farmland to be sold to the Chinese Government.
A better land grab for China?
- Change.org
- 27 May 2010
Better food and know-how for China, more food for Singapore: if the deal actually comes to pass, it strikes me as a fairly solid bargain, writes Te-Ping Chen.