China Still Harvesting Organs from Prisoners at a Massive Scale
The report shows a discrepancy between official figures for the number of transplants carried out throughout the country.
China Grows An Interest in Organic Foods
Late last month, news broke that a major Chinese supplier of American fast food brands was peddling meat that violated...
From Cities To Farms: Is Agriculture The Next Boom For China?
With some 6.99 million fresh graduates, 2013 is said to be the toughest year for China’s new graduates to land a job. But job hunting isn’t a concern for design-majored Chen and his girlfriend Du. The young couple, who just rented 1.5 acres of...
Organic Farming Takes Root in Nepal
from chinadialogueThe fierce sunlight bakes the fields and the winter crop of potatoes is still under the soil. Fifty-five year old Nepalese farmer Badri Prasad Humagain sits in his front yard looking out at his small field. His village in the Kathmandu Valley is...
Backed By Profit-Hungry Investors, New Approach To Farming Takes Root
Investors in the country betting big on the organic concept have poured money into food producers and distributors, especially as food scandals make citizens more and more wary of familiar produce.
Restoring Eco-balance
from chinadialogueIn the late 1970s, China was swept by a wave of economic growth, and with it a wholesale attack on nature. Grain was planted on grasslands and profits extracted from rivers. Land was reclaimed from lakes and seas and forests were felled for...
We’re All Farmers Now
from chinadialogueAt a monthly “friends of farming” dinner held by Green Heartland, an NGO based in Chengdu, west China, Chen Xia quietly reads an ode to the land against light background music. It’s a simple...
