Via The New York Times, an interesting op-ed on China’s investment interest in Africa: IN June 2011, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gave a speech in Zambia warning of a “new colonialism” threatening the African continent. “We saw that during colonial times, it is easy to come in, take out natural resources, pay off […]
Read more »Via NPR, a report on the rush for Mozambiquan farmland: In these days of financial uncertainty, the hot new investment tip is farmland. This spring, 750 Wall Street types crowded into New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel for a conference on investing in global agriculture. Philippe de Laperouse, managing director of HighQuest Partners, which organized the event, […]
Read more »Via China Daily, an article on China’s appetite for overseas land to feed its nation: Some Chinese companies are growing soybeans overseas to fill the supply gap in China. Provided to China Daily Chinese firms tap resource-rich countries to feed world’s largest population With demand for food rising with China’s growing population and economy, […]
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