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En el marco de la resistencia impulsada por las Asambleas Multisectoriales que tienen lugar en distintos puntos de la provincia, CONVOCAMOS AL PUEBLO RIONEGRINO, único protagonista capaz de pararle la mano al saqueo y entrega de nuestro patrimonio, a generar conciencia, organización y movilización para hacer frente a este megaproyecto sojero.

Environmentalists in Río Negro say the Chinese arrival will mean heavy use of agrochemicals, ecological degradation and severe strain on the region's water resources. Some of the land in question is virgin forest that would be deforested.

The chairman of New Zealand's largest dairy company has issued a warning over foreign ownership of Kiwi land.

O acordo de US$ 7 bilhões assinado no mês passado –para produção de 6 milhões de toneladas de soja por ano– é um dos vários fechados nas últimas semanas, enquanto a China se apressa para assegurar sua segurança alimentar e compensar sua crescente dependência de produtos agrícolas dos Estados Unidos, buscando vastas áreas do interior agrícola da América Latina.

New Zealanders could not afford to be "totally xenophobic" towards Chinese investment because it has brought jobs and capital into the country, Prime Minister John Key said Monday.

The Chinese article on the deal emphasized that Chongqing citizens would get the soy oil at a very cheap price ("价格将更便宜").

Opposition activists in Kazakhstan called on the government on Saturday to stop Chinese investment in the country's natural resources, saying Beijing could be preparing a land grab in Central Asia

País possui maior reserva cambial do mundo, avaliada em US$ 3,04 trilhões

China should use its huge foreign exchange reserves to expand investment in the agricultural sector overseas, in an effort to increase domestic market supply, says researcher with government-owned economic institute.

“They are moving in,” said Carlo Lovatelli, president of the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries. “They are looking for land, looking for reliable partners. But what they would like to do is run the show alone.”

A new study into how virtual water moves around the world offers an explanation for the farmland leasing strategy, reports New Scientist

China's enormous sovereign wealth fund, the China Investment Corporation, may have set aside up to 1.5% or about $6 billion of its massive foreign exchange reserves to invest in New Zealand assets, including potentially dairy farms.