http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-seeks-to-develop-global-seed-power-1427049765
For two decades, foreign seed majors have beaten a path to China, lured by a market so big that it is projected to eclipse the U.S. as the world’s largest food consumer by 2018, according to the Association of Food Industries.
Will China open its market to Monsanto and Dupont?
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