China
Pakistan suspends GMO corn imports, field trials to protect crop exports from ‘contamination’
Pakistan has imposed a ban on further trials of Genetically Modified (GM) maize for [an] unspecified period in a bid ...
Will China tell the world about its third controversial CRISPR baby?
The Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing, held in Hong Kong last November, was meant to debate the pros ...
CRISPR gene edited soybeans suited for hotter climates offer ‘enormous’ crop yield boost
Chinese agricultural scientists using gene-editing technology have created new soybean mutants, which could lead to soybean crops in much warmer ...
China to increase farm imports from US as two nations call for ceasefire in ‘multibillion-dollar tariff war’
President Trump and President Xi Jinping of China agreed on [June 29] to resume trade talks after a seven-week breakdown, ...
Chinese biologist Qu Dongyu to focus on hunger, poverty eradication as UN Food and Agriculture Organization chief
Qu Dongyu, China's deputy agricultural minister, was elected [June 23] as the new director general of the U.N. Food and ...
GMO crops could have slowed fall armyworm pest advance across China
A hungry caterpillar that ravages crops is advancing across China and threatening the nation’s vast supply of maize. Scientists are ...
Washington Post editorial: We have an ‘urgent need’ for international rules on gene-edited babies
WHEN CHINESE scientist He Jiankui announced last November his experiments making heritable genetic changes in human embryos followed by live ...
Will GMO-wary China accept virus-resistant CRISPR pigs?
As China struggles to stem a contagious, hog-ravaging disease, a British company offers some hope. But it may first need ...
UK biotech firm Genus seeks approval to sell virus-resistant CRISPR pigs in China, world’s biggest pork market
British livestock genetics firm Genus agreed on [May 16] to license its know-how on virus-resistant pigs to Beijing Capital Agribusiness ...
Brazil urges China to import sugar from biotech sugarcane, says final product has no GMO ingredients
Brazil’s agriculture minister [asked] Chinese officials on [May 16] to greenlight exports to the Asian nation of sugar made from ...
Geopolitics of gene editing
For a handful of countries, gene editing is key to their future power ...
Why the ‘chemical free’ organic industry has a ‘pesticide problem’
The organic label is often touted as meaning "pesticide free" and has become a rallying cry for anti-GMO activists. But ...
Canadian farmers anticipate access to new GMO crops as US-China trade deal nears completion
Canadian farmers may benefit from the trade dispute between the United States and China to the tune of hundreds of ...
Chinese import restrictions block Brazil’s access to latest GMO crops
Brazil Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo said on [April 25] that the country must work with China to reduce non-tariff barriers ...
CRISPR-edited wheat could cut China’s toxic weed killer use
Chinese farmers are facing worsening problems with jointed goatgrass (Aegilops tauschii) – a close relative to wheat – growing in ...
China’s lengthy GMO crop approval process cuts US agriculture profits $5 billion over five years
China’s approval process for biotech crops is beset by regulatory hurdles and delays that have cost U.S. companies billions of ...
GMO crops still ‘sticking point’ as US-China trade deal moves toward completion
China’s lengthy approval process for genetically modified crops remains a sticking point in talks to end the trade war between ...
Speedy conclusion to US-China ‘trade tensions’ could foster farming innovation
It would be a timely piece of good news for American farmers if the United States and China could reach ...
China revives discredited ‘malarial therapy’ as cancer treatment
American surgeon Henry Heimlich is best known for inventing a way to rescue choking victims, but a quarter-century ago, he was vilified ...
GMO crop approvals focal point of trade talks as US urges China to boost agricultural imports
China has offered the U.S. some “very attractive numbers” for purchases of farm goods as part of “dynamic” trade talks, ...
China tightens gene-editing regulations in wake of CRISPR baby scandal
China’s health ministry has issued draft regulations that will restrict the use of gene editing in humans, just three months ...
How much did the Chinese government know about controversial CRISPR babies research?
When scientist He Jiankui announced he’d conducted an experiment that led to the birth of twin girls with CRISPR-edited genomes in November, ...
As trade talks progress, China may slow already lengthy approval process for US biotech crops
China may agree to buy more U.S. agriculture commodities and lift onerous trade barriers in the ongoing talks, but unless ...
While Americans are ambivalent about plant-based ‘clean meat’ protein alternatives, Chinese and Indians are enthusiastic
Would you eat a burger grown from animal cells rather than a whole cow? What about a plant-based burger, once ...
US pushes China to speed biotech crop approvals, import more ethanol as trade talks continue
The Trump administration is pressing China to approve biotech corn traits and import more American ethanol and a byproduct of ...
Searching for ‘hidden talents’: Chinese parents turn to genetic tests for their toddlers
Fears of seeing their children fall behind their peers have left Chinese parents searching for anything to give them a ...
Did China’s government fund the controversial ‘CRISPR babies’ experiment?
Three government institutions in China, including the nation’s science ministry, may have funded the “CRISPR babies” study that led to ...