South Korea’s legislature passing a bill banning the breeding, slaughter and sale of dogs for meat is a big achievement given heavy industry opposition. It should inspire China to examine its own tolerance of dog meat sales as a similar ban could improve the country’s soft power and help safeguard law and order.
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Breeding resources, gene technology key to food security: experts By
Global Times reporter covering international affairs, cross-Straits relations and Chinese society; a captive of his experiences.
Wang Qi and Yin Yeping Published: Mar 03, 2021 08:58 PM Updated: Mar 03, 2021 08:58 PM
An owner of a hog farm in Qiongjie county, Shannan, Tibet autonomous region, vaccinates a piglet on April 21, 2020. Photo:Xinhua Chinese legislators and political advisors have called for a higher level of self-sufficiency in seed supply and the improved breeding of livestock and poultry to reduce the risk of supply cuts, given the current reliance on foreign countries.
Li Yuncai, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and inspector of the Hunan Supply and Marketing Cooperative Association, called for the seed industry s development to be a major strategy for the safe and high-quality overall development of China s