Re: Re: China and GM food

2000-06-29 Thread Ken Hanly
The development of GM foods in China is a very mixed blessing. Companies such as Monsanto are quite active there and may become more active as other countries place barriers on the development of GM seeds. The present trend towards capitalism in China will only be furthered. The development of

Re: Re: China and GM food

2000-06-29 Thread Chris Burford
At 19:48 28/06/00 -0400, you wrote: Whatever ecological reservations progressive people may have about this, it is entirely understandable that a country like China needs to make a major push to gain relative advantage in the world. This would release vast amounts of labour power and

Re: China and GM food

2000-06-28 Thread Louis Proyect
Whatever ecological reservations progressive people may have about this, it is entirely understandable that a country like China needs to make a major push to gain relative advantage in the world. This would release vast amounts of labour power and purchasing power for economic transformation