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04/07/2018 / By David Williams

Researcher develops “saltwater rice” that could potentially feed up to 200 million people

There is no shortage in demand for rice in China. However, meeting that demand is a different story, especially when it comes to freshwater used to grow that country’s rice crops. After seeing an opportunity the improve China’s rice farming methods, 87-year-old scientist Yuan Longping decided to take it upon himself to develop a way […]

05/04/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Devastating blow to soy processors as Chinese shoppers dump GMOs

Is the GMO soy industry finally feeling the burn? It seems that it is, at least in China. Chinese consumers are pushing back against GMOs, and as a result, the GMO soy oil industry is taking a massive hit. Soy oil is the most popular cooking oil in China — or at least it was the […]

10/13/2016 / By Vicki Batts

Doctoral student claims superiors made him falsify records on GMOs

A doctoral student from a prestigious Chinese university has claimed that a national GMO testing center has actually been forging maintenance records on dozens of GMO projects for years. China’s Ministry of Agriculture has promised to open an investigation into the PhD student’s allegations. Wei Jingliang, a former PhD student at the Chinese Academy of […]

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