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China's 82-Year-Old Woman Goes Viral For Using Drones And Live Streaming To Sell Farm Products
Known affectionately as the "hardcore grandma," Dai Shuying has impressed many people with her ability to operate agricultural drones.
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India Surpasses China In Rice Output With 150.18 Million Tonnes
India has surpassed China to become the largest rice producer in the world with a production of 150.18 million tonnes, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said.
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Study Reveals Domestic Cats Were Not First Felines To Live With Humans
Although leopard cats and domesticated cats once coexisted in ancient Chinese settlements, their relationships with people were different.
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Ex-Chinese Minister Took $37 Million In Bribes, Sentenced To Death With Reprieve
Tang Renjian, China's former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, was sentenced to death with reprieve for bribery at a court in Jilin province on Sunday, according to state-run news agency Xinhua.
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China's Population Shrinking For The First Time In 60 Years. Here's Why
The last time China's population declined was in 1960, as the country battled the worst famine in its modern history, caused by the disastrous Mao Zedong agricultural policy known as the Great Leap Forward.
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"Crimes Against Humanity": UN On Minorities Doing Forced Labour In China
Minorities have been drafted into forced labour in China's Xinjiang region in sectors such as agriculture and manufacturing, a report by an independent UN expert has concluded, in what it said could amount to "enslavement as a crime against humanity"
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Builders Let Farmers Pay For Homes In Watermelons, Peaches In China
Struggling developers in China have started taking payment for homes in watermelons, peaches and other agricultural produce as they attempt to lure buyers deterred by a property market slump, state media reported.
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Alibaba Founder Jack Ma Touring Dutch Research Institutes to Pursue Interest in Agriculture Technology: Report
Jack Ma has been touring Dutch research institutions to pursue his interests in agriculture technology, South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported, quoting people familiar with his trip.
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Chinese Court Jails Beijing Critic Billionaire Sun Dawu For "Provoking Trouble"
A Chinese court sentenced agricultural tycoon Sun Dawu to 18 years imprisonment on Wednesday for a catalogue of crimes including "provoking trouble" after the outspoken billionaire and grassroots rights supporter was tried in secret.
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On TikTok, Livestreaming Farmers Earn Millions From Fruit
In 2018, village-born Jin Guowei was knee-deep in debt and peddling fruit to tourists in the streets of Lijiang, Yunnan.
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Beijing Wholesale Market Temporarily Shut Over New COVID-19 Cases
Authorities in Beijing have temporarily shut a major wholesale agricultural market following a rise in locally transmitted novel coronavirus infections in China's capital city over the past two days.
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Trump To Announce Plan To Boost Biofuel Demand Soon: U.S. Agriculture Secretary
U.S. President Donald Trump will announce a plan to boost demand for biofuels within weeks, his secretary of agriculture said on Wednesday, as the administration seeks to assuage farmers angered by its expanded use of oil refinery waivers. The spat over the waivers has left the White House caught between the oil industry, which wants its refineries...
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China Importers Seek To Lift Tariffs On US Farm Goods: Reports
Chinese importers are applying to their government to lift tariffs on some US agricultural imports, state media reported on Sunday, three weeks after the two sides reached a truce in their trade war.
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New African Swine Fever Bursts On Farm In Beijing With Nearly 10,000 Pigs
China's agriculture ministry said today it has confirmed a new African swine fever outbreak on a farm in capital city Beijing, as well as two other outbreaks in Shaanxi and Heilongjiang provinces.
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China Bridge Construction Kills 6,000 Rare Fish, Work Stopped: Report
China has halted construction of a bridge in the province of Hubei after it was said to have caused the death of around 6,000 critically endangered Chinese sturgeon, the China Daily said, citing the agriculture ministry.
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China's 82-Year-Old Woman Goes Viral For Using Drones And Live Streaming To Sell Farm Products
Known affectionately as the "hardcore grandma," Dai Shuying has impressed many people with her ability to operate agricultural drones.
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India Surpasses China In Rice Output With 150.18 Million Tonnes
India has surpassed China to become the largest rice producer in the world with a production of 150.18 million tonnes, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said.
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Study Reveals Domestic Cats Were Not First Felines To Live With Humans
Although leopard cats and domesticated cats once coexisted in ancient Chinese settlements, their relationships with people were different.
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Ex-Chinese Minister Took $37 Million In Bribes, Sentenced To Death With Reprieve
Tang Renjian, China's former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, was sentenced to death with reprieve for bribery at a court in Jilin province on Sunday, according to state-run news agency Xinhua.
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China's Population Shrinking For The First Time In 60 Years. Here's Why
The last time China's population declined was in 1960, as the country battled the worst famine in its modern history, caused by the disastrous Mao Zedong agricultural policy known as the Great Leap Forward.
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"Crimes Against Humanity": UN On Minorities Doing Forced Labour In China
Minorities have been drafted into forced labour in China's Xinjiang region in sectors such as agriculture and manufacturing, a report by an independent UN expert has concluded, in what it said could amount to "enslavement as a crime against humanity"
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Builders Let Farmers Pay For Homes In Watermelons, Peaches In China
Struggling developers in China have started taking payment for homes in watermelons, peaches and other agricultural produce as they attempt to lure buyers deterred by a property market slump, state media reported.
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Alibaba Founder Jack Ma Touring Dutch Research Institutes to Pursue Interest in Agriculture Technology: Report
Jack Ma has been touring Dutch research institutions to pursue his interests in agriculture technology, South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported, quoting people familiar with his trip.
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Chinese Court Jails Beijing Critic Billionaire Sun Dawu For "Provoking Trouble"
A Chinese court sentenced agricultural tycoon Sun Dawu to 18 years imprisonment on Wednesday for a catalogue of crimes including "provoking trouble" after the outspoken billionaire and grassroots rights supporter was tried in secret.
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On TikTok, Livestreaming Farmers Earn Millions From Fruit
In 2018, village-born Jin Guowei was knee-deep in debt and peddling fruit to tourists in the streets of Lijiang, Yunnan.
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Beijing Wholesale Market Temporarily Shut Over New COVID-19 Cases
Authorities in Beijing have temporarily shut a major wholesale agricultural market following a rise in locally transmitted novel coronavirus infections in China's capital city over the past two days.
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Trump To Announce Plan To Boost Biofuel Demand Soon: U.S. Agriculture Secretary
U.S. President Donald Trump will announce a plan to boost demand for biofuels within weeks, his secretary of agriculture said on Wednesday, as the administration seeks to assuage farmers angered by its expanded use of oil refinery waivers. The spat over the waivers has left the White House caught between the oil industry, which wants its refineries...
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China Importers Seek To Lift Tariffs On US Farm Goods: Reports
Chinese importers are applying to their government to lift tariffs on some US agricultural imports, state media reported on Sunday, three weeks after the two sides reached a truce in their trade war.
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New African Swine Fever Bursts On Farm In Beijing With Nearly 10,000 Pigs
China's agriculture ministry said today it has confirmed a new African swine fever outbreak on a farm in capital city Beijing, as well as two other outbreaks in Shaanxi and Heilongjiang provinces.
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China Bridge Construction Kills 6,000 Rare Fish, Work Stopped: Report
China has halted construction of a bridge in the province of Hubei after it was said to have caused the death of around 6,000 critically endangered Chinese sturgeon, the China Daily said, citing the agriculture ministry.
