| While much of the world is still struggling to recover from the great slump of the past few years, nations and states that cater to China’s enormous appetite for energy, food, metals and other commodities have been doing swimmingly.
Take Iowa, for example, where Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, the country’s presumed next leader, made a visit on Feb. 15. The good feelings undoubtedly were mutual as the farm state is a major pork producer, and China consumes nearly half the world’s pork...............................................Full Article: Source
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