China is making a great leap forward in food production – this time for real
Decades after the Great Leap Forward, science is testing the limits of whether China can ever grow ‘3,000 jin per mu’
· Chao Kong
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Newest first · UTC+11:00China is making a great leap forward in food production – this time for real
Decades after the Great Leap Forward, science is testing the limits of whether China can ever grow ‘3,000 jin per mu’
· Chao Kong
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· Liu Zhen
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· Peggy Ye
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· Associated Press
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· Associated Press
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· Tammy Park
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· Huizhao Huang
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· Agence France-Presse
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· Agence France-Presse
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· Finbarr Bermingham
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· Finbarr Bermingham
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· Patrick St. Michel
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· David Dodwell
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· David Dodwell
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· Peggy Ye
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· Peggy Ye
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· Ben Jiang
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· Reuters
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· Reuters
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