China question

How is China able to export fruits and nuts? Where do the farmers find the land to grow such crops? Are they cutting back on the production of grains? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: China question

Hi Michael, Land tenure is changing. After the rural reforms in the early 80s when the communes/brigades were disbanded, rural land usufruct rights were given to households while ownership remained in the hands of the state at the local level. Rural land usufruct rights are now increasingly

Re: China question

Michael Perelman wrote: I am reading all sorts of reports about soaring Chinese demand pushing up commodity prices. Has anybody thought abut the extent to which this effect undo the the beneficial effects of cheap Chinese imports?? Commodity prices, outside oil, have almost no effect on general

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I am hearing more about natural gas than oil going up as a result of Chinese demand. Of course, coming out of the oil shocks in the 70s, some economists wrote that oil prices could not have much of an effect because fuel costs were so low. On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 10:01:32AM -0500, Doug Henwood

China question

I am reading all sorts of reports about soaring Chinese demand pushing up commodity prices. Has anybody thought abut the extent to which this effect undo the the beneficial effects of cheap Chinese imports?? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929

Re: China question

This doesn't respond to your question but as I read of the same demand for commodities I wonder if China is pouring dollars back out of the country for a couple of purposes -- to hedge on commodity prices and to lower the heat on the devaluation issue. Any thoughts? Gene Coyle Michael Perelman