Chinese buy up Canada farms; is Beijing behind it?

Chinese buy up Canada farms; is Beijing behind it?

• Published: 23 Jun 2013 at 00.49
• Online news: Asia

With too few farms in China to feed a burgeoning population, Chinese immigrants have started buying up agricultural lands in Canada and shipping produce to Asia.

Sheldon Zou inspects his equipment on his farm in Ogema, Saskatchewan, on May 23, 2013. With too few farms in China to feed a burgeoning population, Chinese immigrants have started buying up agricultural lands in Canada and shipping produce to Asia.
But with new investment comes fears that a generation of young Canadian would-be farmers are being squeezed out of the market by newcomers that some suspect are being bankrolled by the government in Beijing.