Operated by CP Group, a Thai conglomerate, the plant supplies fast-food restaurant chains. Graphic: Daniela Santamarina, NG STAFF The mismatch between agricultural supply and demand in China can ...

Food safety scandals were once common in China, where in 2008 milk formula tainted with the industrial chemical melamine made hundreds of thousands of babies ill and was linked to six deaths.

China must ensure an adequate food supply for its 1.4 billion people – about one-fifth of the global population. In a post-coronavirus China, food security has become a more crucial political ...

China’s willingness to use food as a countermeasure against the United States, historically one of its biggest providers, underscores both the government’s success in boosting agricultural ...

China has told state-owned firms to hold off on any new collaboration with businesses linked to Li Ka-shing and his family, ...

A fully automated noodle shop in southeastern China serves a bowl of noodles in just 48 seconds, starting at 9.9 yuan (US$1.4) per bowl with no tip required. Customers are queuing up at the Future ...

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With an extensive coastline, China is turning to the vast ocean to bolster food security by building modern marine ranches. The construction of marine ranches, dubbed "blue granaries" in the vast ...

The conglomerate founded by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing agreed this month to sell ... while keeping facilities in mainland China and Hong Kong. The transaction is set to generate cash ...