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China Wastes 35 Million Metric Tons of Grain a Year—Enough to Feed 200 Million http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-10-17/china-wastes-35-million-metric-tons-of-grain-a-year-enough-to-feed-200-million#r=nav-f-story 中國廢物糧食3500萬公噸年，足以養活200億  By  Dexter Roberts     October 17, 2014           Photograph by Ariana Lindquist/Bloomberg A farmer harvests rice in Xizhou county, China Chinese officials like to point out that their country has less than 10 percent of the world’s arable land but has to feed a fifth of the world’s population. So you would think that China obsessively ensures there is no wastage in its agriculture sector. You would be wrong. Every year China wastes at least 35 million metric tons of grain through subpar storage, during transportation by truck, rail, and boat, and through excessive processing, said a Chinese official earlier this week. “The losses can feed 200 million people for a year, which is shameful,” said Chen Yuzhong, an official wi

IN ASSOCIATION WITH 6 October 2014 Last updated at 12:33 ET Hong Kong protests: Mapping the crowds Latest Protest wall Story so far Protest map Tiananmen echoes Symbols Continue reading the main story The number of protesters taking to the streets in central Hong Kong has started to drop away, eight days after the demonstrations began. Tens of thousands of people had been turning out for the rallies against the Chinese government's decision to limit candidates in forthcoming leadership elections, bringing parts of the territory to a standstill. But as student leaders have started meeting government officials to lay the groundwork for talks on political reform, the protesters out on the streets are in their hundreds, not thousands . Connaught Road, central Hong Kong On Sunday 29 September, Occupy Central joined forces with students who had been staging boycotts and sit-ins to demand democracy. Their occupation of the busi