One man's pork can be another's profit or loss
By Zhu Ping | China Daily | Updated: 2008-01-10 07:16
She carries passengers to and from bus stops on her electric three-wheeler in the southern suburbs of Chengdu. She calls herself just Xiao, refusing to give her full name. The reason: she doesn't have a license to use the three-wheeler as a commercial vehicle.
A farmer feeds his pigs in Hengshan town of Suining, Sichuan Province. Blue-ear disease and a rise in feed price have caused heavy losses to farmers in this area, forcing many of them to turn to other businesses. As a result, the price of pork shot up in late 2006 and early 2007. Zhong Min |
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