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21. Heilongjiang province, bread basket of north-east China, bans planting of GM crops ...: (2017); ... over GMO policy Feng Hao Chinadialogue, 3 Feb 2017 https://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/9581-Local-and-central-government-differ-over-GMO-policy [links to sources at the URL above] * ...; Created on 06 February 2017
22. NE China province to ban GM crops ...: (2016); Farmers in northeast China's Heilongjiang province, China's top grain producer, will be prohibited from growing GM crops EXCERPT: The decision comes after 91.5 percent of responses in a survey in t ...; Created on 17 December 2016
23. Dow And DuPont, Bayer and Monsanto, or Syngenta and ChemChina - which will succeed? ...: (2016); ... and seed industry is in a transition. * ChemChina buys Syngenta, Dow Chemical merges with DuPont, and Monsanto is acquired by Bayer. * Each individual deal seems possible, but can regulators approve them ...; Created on 18 November 2016
24. GMO lab allegations revive suspicions in China ...: (2016); ... — GMO lab allegations revive suspicions in China By Chuin-Wei Yap Wall Street Journal, 21 Sept 2016 http://www.wsj.com/articles/gmo-lab-allegations-revive-suspicions-in-china-1474467290 * The allegations ...; Created on 28 September 2016
25. China launches probe after PhD dropout claims national GMO testing centre faked records ...: (2016); ... endorse a GMO testing report that he suspected was concocted because he was not aware a test had been conducted. — China launches probe after PhD dropout claims national GMO testing centre faked records ...; Created on 20 September 2016
26. ChemChina-Syngenta deal: why it matters ...: (2016); Global food security and sovereignty could be threatened as China moves closer to embracing GM food EXCERPT: [China’s] hesitation to approve genetically modified food production suggests the road to ...; Created on 30 August 2016
27. Syngenta shares jump after US clears ChemChina deal ...: (2016); Shares in Swiss agribusiness group Syngenta have risen 12% after its takeover by ChemChina was given the go-ahead by a US regulator EXCERPT: In a joint statement, Syngenta and ChemChina said, "In additio ...; Created on 22 August 2016
28. China hasn’t approved import of Monsanto RR2 Xtend soybeans, say activists ...: (2016); ... that China had approved the import of Monsanto RR2 Xtend soybeans tolerant to both glyphosate + dicamba herbicides. However, a group of Chinese food safety activists, the Beijing Food Safety Volunteers, ...; Created on 15 May 2016
29. China to greatly expand GM crops ...: (2016); ... to survive. It looks from the article below as if China is a prime target. If China goes ahead with this planned expansion of GM crop planting, it will be a catastrophe for its export markets as well ...; Created on 14 April 2016
30. ChemChina offers over $43 billion for Syngenta ...: (2016); China National Chemical Corp. agreed to buy Syngenta for more than $43 billion in cash as the state-backed company extends its shopping spree with what would be the biggest acquisition by a Chinese firm ...; Created on 03 February 2016
31. Many farmers in Northeast China grow GM soybeans despite official ban ...: (2015); ... But when we saw the warehouses [of individual farmers], they were totally filled with GM soybeans," a soybean dealer told the China Business Journal. — Many farmers in Northeast China grow GM soybean ...; Created on 10 September 2015
32. Ten NGOs ask China to stop producing glyphosate to protect world health ...: (2015); Largest producer and exporter of glyphosate herbicides must suspend exports and imports Ten NGOs, including GMWatch, have written to the Chinese Ambassador to the UK asking China to suspend exports and ...; Created on 25 April 2015
33. China GM crop cultivation shrinks ...: (2015); China's GM crop planting areas declined in 2014 amid heated discussions over safety concerns EXCERPT: China now approves only the production of GM cotton and papaya and prohibits commercial productio ...; Created on 28 January 2015
34. Mandatory GM food labelling a step closer in China ...: (2014); Move comes after China issues a safety certificate for Syngenta's Viptera corn, known as MIR 162 EXCERPT: Huang Dafang, a biotechnology researcher at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, sai ...; Created on 24 December 2014
35. China approves GMO corn and soybeans – but US exporters shouldn't get excited ...: (2014); China remains "awash in local supplies" of corn A Chinese government official has confirmed that the country has approved imports of GM Agrisure Viptera corn (MIR 162) and two varieties of GM soybean ...; Created on 20 December 2014
36. Has China approved Syngenta's Viptera corn? ...: (2014); China may be opening its doors to US imports of Viptera GM corn but now Turkey has barred imports of US distillers grains over GMO contamination EXCERPT (item 1): Sources said that even though China' ...; Created on 17 December 2014
37. China’s hard line on GMO burns US hay ...: (2014); China’s tough new stance on imports of GM crops is shaking up a little-noticed US industry: hay It wasn't long ago that China was regularly cited by GMO lobbyists as the ever-hungry and ever-expandin ...; Created on 15 December 2014
38. Archer Daniels Midland says GMO corn is killing US exports to China ...: (2014); China has rejected the "vast majority of US corn shipments" because of the presence of Syngenta's GMO MIR162 China’s barriers to imports of some US GM crops are disrupting seed companies' plans for n ...; Created on 25 November 2014
39. Dow limits sales of GMO soy, corn on China worries ...: (2014); Move aimed at avoiding market turmoil EXCERPT: China has rejected more than 1 million tonnes of U.S. corn over the last year because it contained traces of Syngenta corn called Agrisure Viptera, and ...; Created on 13 November 2014
40. China should impose tougher checks on GM soy imports ...: (2014); ... Argentina's soy exports to China contain 100 milligrams of glyphosate per kilogram, according to Dr Medardo Avila-Vazquez, an Argentinian paediatrician and specialist on the topic. He warned earlier thi ...; Created on 21 October 2014

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