China

How much foreign investment is too much?
- ABC
- 01 Mar 2012
Senator Bill Heffernan and the managing director of the Australian Agricultural Company David Farley join The Business to discuss overseas investment in Australia.
Maori mount legal challenge to Crafar decision
- NZ Herald
- 28 February 2012
Central North Island Maori are seeking to challenge Shanghai Pengxin's purchase of the Crafar farms using the same Treaty of Waitangi clause in legislation the Maori Party has fought to retain for partially privatised state-owned assets.
Australia is the great foreign-owned land as more NSW farms being sold overseas
- Daily Telegraph
- 26 February 2012
Foreign companies from Korea, Qatar, US, UK and China are "secretly" buying up large chunks of NSW farmland by establishing shelf companies, trust funds, and extended settlements to avoid scrutiny.
La ruée des Asiatiques sur les terres agricoles en Russie
- Les Echos
- 22 February 2012
Les paysans du nord-est de la Chine, de la péninsule coréenne et récemment du Japon sont de plus en plus attirés par les vastes terres de l'extrême-orient de la Russie, écrit l'« Asahi Shimbun ».
Asian companies seek greener pastures in Russian Far East
- Asahi Shimbun
- 20 February 2012
Since food prices jumped in the period from 2006 to 2008, efforts to borrow land in the Russian Far East for agriculture have spread rapidly.
La justice néo-zélandaise bloque la vente de fermes laitières à un investisseur chinois
- Commodesk
- 17 February 2012
La haute cour de Nouvelle-Zélande annule l’autorisation accordée fin janvier par le gouvernement de la vente de 16 fermes laitières à un investisseur chinois. Selon le juge, le gouvernement a surestimé les bénéfices économiques de la transaction.
Tribunal de Nueva Zelanda detiene venta de tierras agrícolas a China por no ser beneficioso
- La Gran Época
- 16 February 2012
“Nuestra opinión es que la oferta de Shanghai Pengxin, no ofrecía ningún beneficio económico real a Nueva Zelanda"
Chinese agriculture goes global
- Economic Observer
- 13 February 2012
The Chinese agricultural industry is speeding up the pace of its engagement with international agricultural markets as more policies aimed at encouraging companies to pursue "Going Out" policies are released.
Tajikistan to lease 6,000 hectares of land to China
- Jamestown Foundation
- 13 February 2012
A controversial plan approved by Tajikistan’s Ministry of Agriculture to lease 6,000 hectares of land to China for development has been met with suspicion by some members of the country’s political opposition
China 'troca' infraestrutura por grãos na América do Sul
- Suinocultura Industrial
- 13 February 2012
A China está mudando seu modelo de investimentos na agricultura da América do Sul. Diante das restrições a estrangeiros para a aquisições de terras no Brasil e na Argentina, os chineses passaram a privilegiar aportes em infraestrutura em troca do direito exclusivo de comprar a colheita.
Colonialismo, siglo XXI
- El Nacional
- 05 February 2012
Los venezolanos no podemos ni debemos ser ajenos ni cerrar los ojos, y menos en una etapa en la cual predomina el hermetismo oficial en las negociaciones con otros países
China should build grain processing plants overseas, says official
- Dow Jones
- 02 February 2012
China's pursuit of agricultural land overseas should be supplemented by building more grain processing facilities as part of the country's push for global expansion in the farming sector, says Chen Xiwen, general director of the Office of the Central Rural Work Leading Group.