&$ &$Illustration: Liu Rui (Global Times Photo)&$&$ Time magazine published a cover story on August 31, The Real Cost of Cheap Food, which reflected on food in the US, the most powerful country in the world when it comes to agricultural production and... ...full story at People's Daily
from People's Daily on Fri, Oct 16 2009
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