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In September 2011, residents of the village of Wukan in Guangdong province began protesting the illegal seizure and sale of their land by local Party cadres. The protestors demanded fair compensation for the land that had been taken, but officials refused to grant it. Tensions escalated in mid-December, when a leader of the protest movement, Xue Jinbo, died under mysterious
China may import less corn and soybean this year, agricultural experts said on Tuesday, after US corn futures price hit a 2-month high as drought is expected to cut into crop yields.
China is working to prevent a drought from ruining much of the nation's autumn grain harvest across its south.
China is working to prevent a drought from ruining much of the nation's autumn grain harvest across its south.
After China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MOA) on Sunday declared an “all-out battle” to secure autumn grain harvest amid persistent drought, local governments and farmers in major planting areas are taking various approaches to ensure crop irrigation to minimize impact of the extreme weather on the critical autumn harvest.