China

Chinese investors buying land
- Ontario Farmer
- 07 June 2012
Canadian and Chinese governments in negotiations to set up mega dairy operations in Canada to produce milk without quota, then process it in Canada with all the product going back to China.
China eyes wide open spaces
- Sydney Morning Herald
- 31 May 2012
China would invest billions of dollars to transform vast tracts of undeveloped land in northern Australia for farming, under a plan confirmed yesterday by the federal government.
La llegada de los chinos
- BAE
- 31 May 2012
La provincia de Fujian es responsable de la avanzada asiática en los campos bonaerenses. A cambio de tener prioridad de compra sobre la cosecha instalarán un sistema de irrigación en Carmen de Patagones y Villarino. La República Popular China también se dispone a invertir en puertos y plantas de procesamiento de pescado
China seeks free path to farmland buy-up
- Weekly Times Now
- 30 May 2012
The Chinese Government is seeking less scrutiny of its Australian farm raids. Sources say the Chinese are pushing the issue as part of a planned free trade agreement with Australia.
Arab and Chinese investments in Bulgarian agriculture
- Radio Bulgaria
- 29 May 2012
Foreign investors have shown real interest towards Bulgarian agriculture for the past 2-3 years. The trend has changed a bit and now different Arab countries and China are the interested ones, instead of Italy, France, etc.
Assessing New Zealand’s food security
- Epoch Times
- 07 May 2012
New Zealand is one of many countries upon whom China’s entrepreneurs have cast their eyes for opportunities to buy farmland, mineral and power resources to shore up China’s looming food shortage and resource-hungry economy.
Standard Chartered relativise l’ampleur de l’ «accaparement des terres» africaines par la Chine
- EcoFin
- 04 May 2012
L’ampleur des investissements chinois dans les terres agricoles en Afrique avec pour objectif de contribuer à nourrir les quelque 1,3 milliard de Chinois, serait «exagérée», souligne une récente étude de la banque Standard Chartered.
The facts about ZTE in DR Congo
- Rural Modernity
- 03 May 2012
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.
China land grab claims 'exaggerated' - StanChart
- Agrimoney
- 02 May 2012
Claims of Chinese "land grabs" in Africa, to grow food for importing, have been overstated – for now - although "this could be a longer term motivation", Standard Chartered said.
"Zombie" Chinese land grabs in Africa rise again in new database!
- China Africa Real Story
- 30 April 2012
Last week, the Land Matrix "land grab" database was released. On paper, they have a strong methodology and strict criteria about projects to be included. In practice, they seem to violate their own rules, at least when it comes to Chinese "projects" in Africa.
Chinese bid to buy Kimberley land for beef and sugar production
- ABC
- 30 April 2012
A Chinese investment group has reportedly lodged a bid to buy the entire 15,000 hectares of the Ord Expansion Project in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Chinese “land grabs” in Africa – the reality behind the news
- SIANI
- 26 April 2012
This policy brief gives a brief overview of the available evidence of large-scale Chinese investment in agriculture, then discusses the extent to which the purpose of such investment is to export produce back to China.