In a research facility in the northwest of Beijing, molecular biologist Li Jieping and his team harvest a cluster of seven ...

Sure, the geopolitical rivalry with the United States is almost certainly part of what is motivating China; it wants to ...

Mr Trump’s threat of a new trade war puts China’s leaders in a tricky spot. America’s president-elect has talked of imposing ...

One lawmaker called the new export control list a "wake-up call" over China's dominance of critical supply chains.

The United States banned food, metals and other imports from about 30 more Chinese companies over alleged forced labor ...

China is more tightly controlling how farmland can be used in an attempt to bolster food security – but it risks undoing the progress made in alleviating rural poverty. Given questions about the ...

China is on track for a record grain output this year in a boost for its drive to improve food security. The harvest is expected to exceed 700 million tonnes for the first time this year ...

More radically, agricultural data can be used to unleash biological warfare against crops, annihilating an adversary’s food supply. Such scenarios pose a significant threat to national security, ...