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China National Nuclear Power Co. said that it plans to raise money from an initial public offering in Shanghai to fund five projects worth 173.5 billion yuan ($27 billion).

The deal, if approved, could be the largest IPO in the world so far this year. The country’s biggest nuclear power developer didn’t disclose the number of shares it plans to float, the specific amount of funds it plans to raise, or a timeline for the floatation in a statement that was posted Tuesday on the website of the Ministry of Environmental Protection.

In China, Kraft Craves Snacks Business

Thu, 31 May 2012 08:13:34 -0400

In China, Kraft Craves Snacks Business:

BEIJING—Kraft Foods Inc. KFT +0.21% is hoping Ritz crackers that taste like beef stew and Oreos that taste like birthday cake will help it reverse its trailing position with the world’s largest population of snackers.

The world’s No. 2 food company by revenue after Nestlé SA NESN.VX +0.46% plans to unveil a slew of new products, broaden distribution channels and rev up marketing in fast-growing China, said Shawn Warren, Kraft Foods China president, in an interview. The U.S.-based company aims to capture more of China’s snack-food market, which is expected to reach an estimated 77 billion yuan ($12 billion) by year end, up 44% from 2008, according to research firm Euromonitor International.

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gastrogoodies: Pumpkin Pancakes

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:02:46 -0500

gastrogoodies:

Pumpkin Pancakes

oohhhbaby: banana stuffed french toast

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:47:44 -0500

oohhhbaby:

banana stuffed french toast

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China’s Growing Meat Consumption is Driving Corn Imports and Creating a New Strategic Dependency

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:54:20 -0500

China’s Growing Meat Consumption is Driving Corn Imports and Creating a New Strategic Dependency:

Growing meat demand in China is driving consolidation in the meat industry that will gradually shift an increasing proportion of Chinese swine and poultry farming to large industrial farms that rely exclusively on grain-based feed, as opposed to the waste and scrap that many animals receive on small farms. At present, such small farm meat production effectively happens “off the books” as far as the global grain market is concerned.

Over the past three years, however, the ratio of China’s reported feed grain demand to the total grain amount that would be required if all pork and chicken consumed in China was grain-fed has risen steadily, moving from 71% in 2008 to 77% in 2010(Exhibit 1). The rise could be due to improved official data gathering, but given China’s centuries-old tradition of detailed agriculture record keeping (albeit with tragic lapses during years of Maoist excess, as detailed in China SignPost 22), we suspect the data reflect a slow but steady migration of animal production from family farms to grain fed corporate farms like those run by Yurun, a major Chinese pork producer.