Farms: China's Growing Appetite for Pork Part II
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China is unable to feed itself. Its appetite has grown too large, too fast. Last year, a Chinese company bought Smithfield Foods, the iconic ham brand and America's largest pork producer in the largest Chinese purchase of an American business. The deal came two years after China's communist government issued an edict directing its food industry to scour the globe in search of agricultural resources, prompting concerns about the government’s role in the takeover. The Center for Investigative Reporting spent four months digging into the deal and produced two pieces that aired on PBS NewsHour. The reporting was funded in part by the McGraw Center for Business Journalism at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and The Grantham Foundation. Part 2 looks at the consequences of China’s antiquated agricultural system at home – and the potential impacts of its search abroad for more food. CREDITS: Reporter and Producer Nathan Halverson Producer Amanda Pike Editor David Ritsher Camera Scott Anger Additional Camera Adithya Sambamurthy Associate Producer Rachel de Leon Senior Producer Mia Zuckerkandel Senior Editor Andrew Donohue Managing Editor Amy Pyle Editorial Director Robert Salladay Executive Producer Sharon Tiller CIR Executive Director Robert J. Rosenthal This story was funded in part by: CUNY McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism The Grantham Foundation
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NOBODY should eat filthy pigs/pork!
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fuck the Chinese people let them starve to death
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fuck china. let them get their own meat, TURNING OUR LAND TO SHIT
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ok Story .. A Young Man got good news of having been selected as an Employee in some Multinational Firm. He felt so Happy on this and then arranged little party for his friends. They had good fun together and had Meal. Friends congratulated him on his success. They gave him gifts and the party was over safe and sound.
After a week when that Man was about to start his new Job by d given schedule, He developed fever, muscular pains, tiny blood clots running beneath his nails, redness, itching, excessive tear formation and also developed some swelling around his eyes. He started throwing up and also developed diarrhea. This condition made him and his family worried so they went to the office of a cute young doctor from the vicinity for an Honest Medical Check up. He took a Thorough Medical History and confirmed by doing the Examination of all features he developed during this Illness. Doctor was unable to reach any conclusion during that first visit but was pretty Convinced that there may be something missing or had He left asking anything in his Medical Inquiry from this patient? He again examined his oral cavity and found Redness and Blood marks under his tongue. This was confusing because the sickness was very eminent, patient was also having painful time with those features. So He then Rightfully planned to have his blood test done. The Nurse took his sample for the Test. Sample was sent and he was prescribed with respective symptomatic medicine for that time till the next Visit. So by time, his blood reports will also be ready.
On the next visit, The Doctor saw his blood reports. He became sure of some disorder when he pointed Raised Eosinophils and Liver enzymes. There were also raised other inflammatory markers! But still nothing was coming Definite in his mind? Suddenly out of nowhere, He inquired him then "What did he Eat in that very Party? He replied it was Barbecued Pork and there were also some semi cocked sausages made of Pork! along with salad and fried Potato chips! Hearing this that Young Doctor Automatically Developed Bloody Streaks on His Face. Additional points in his History were Recorded then. The Doctor wanted to confirm this Findings so He ordered d Microscopic Examination and ELISA test to check for few suspected worms/Parasites in the Patient's blood. The Patient was asked to continue same Earlier Medicines till another next visit was then scheduled. Young Doctor also instructed his lab workers to inform him first about his Result as they come. The Result was positive for that suspected Larval parasite, named Trichinella. It became all clear in Doctor's Mind but was yet to be told to the Patient to start his Curative treatment soon on d next scheduled visit.
Later during d Night, Patient had some weird/Soul searching dreams in which in he saw him self in a Hall with White Silky Curtains waving around in Breezes and Rays of White Smooth Light coming in from the Windows all over the Walls. Suddenly, He also saw a Shadow sneaking through the Sides from the Back with a Voice of "You Search Me"? Dream was over but it made him worried when same dream came few times again during his sleeps. One day prior to the visit, He went semi conscious and had a fall on the ground. He heard that same voice calling him to the next room from where light was coming out of the bottom of its door! He Managed to crawl down to that room where He went unconsciously and had a sort of a visionary Meeting! He saw that same Young Doctor, in front on the meeting table with Demons/Facilitators? Humming spooky sounds, spinning their ugly heads round and round if they are making magical spell or something? Doctor was though, giving pleasant smiles to him? He took few steps forward and saw in that Hall on his left side, few wild boars who were swallowing other pigs and their piglets, making so obnoxious grunts and foul smell, at that time. He felt strange but was asked by that Doctor on table if he like s to eat pork? That man replied, why not ! Whats the problem in it ? Hearing this Doctor there immediately transformed into scary Freddy/The Punisher with his Surgical/Operational Claws on both d Hands, Right one with sharp Blades and Left with Electrodes giving Heavy Electrical Shocks. Freddy throbbed into the body of that Man, at once like a thunderbolt. Freddy/The Punisher was bumping inside against his anterior and posterior abdominal walls. Freddy squeezed his Arms out of Man's body both sides along with Claws. Right Hand went into his Pathetic gasping up, opened up mouth for any air! Those blades like chop sticks, grabbed his tongue, sharp pointed ends of blades pierced through that tongue and Blood was seen dropping from d Mouth. Freddy extended his Right arm holding to his tongue towards a piglet wrapped around that little Animal. After releasing His hand with sharp bladed Claw along with Man's Extended tongue immediately went back like a stretched over Rubber band into his mouth bringing along little piglet wrapped around into that poor Man's opened Mouth. Freddy brought out his creepy Head out from his neck while he was screaming out with pain. His mouth was full of a Live piglet. Its Anterior Limbs and Head was desperately forcing it to be released from that wrapped up around its trunk ?? Freddy with his blades, sliced away the piglet's head, limbs and then its body. Picked each out of all d slices, thrashed into his abdomen after busting through his Abdominal wall by his blades reaching into his stomach, one after one. Freddy then With his left claw electrodes stimulated with Shocking Electricity, his Nerves that caused Him to vomit out all of the pork slices dipped in some slimy frothy, yellowish, foul smelling dirty Fluid. Poor Man was screaming of Pain. Freddy yelled at him if again he will ever again Pork? and told him also The God does not like it and it has even been proven and confirmed Scientifically that Eating Pork is not Good for Health. Man replied "He will never ever again eat pork" .. This made the Freddy itself, sucked out of his body to be thrashed against the wall of that Hall. The young man was released and he saw Freddy being crucified by his own Claws leaving behind only the Burning Remains of Fumes, Ashes plus Smoke and a Dying out Voice "You Really found Me" ? leaving a Red Blood Written Letter/Verdict saying "Don't Eat Pork".. Practically, that Young Man regained Consciousnesses and Stood up to drink Eater and He felt Fresh.
Next day on the visit He was told about his Disease by that Young Doctor. He was told that He suffered from disease "Trichinosis" which is caused by eating undercooked meat of some animals including d Pork? Diagnosis was made. He was given Definitive Medicines for this Disease and was also Advised/Counseled Properly for try not eating Undercooked Pork as much as Possible. It had also been Religiously Forbidden for so many Good Reasons. It is not also worthy specially if you follow Muslim Faith and Traditions. If You are a Non Muslim you can have it Properly Cooked and then Checked. He Listened to every thing seriously and also Promised to Comply with these Instructions ..
Always Eat Good and Worthy food because it does not damage your Health and Well being ..
Lesson:
Pork is Strictly Prohibited if you are a Muslim ..
For Non Muslims, they Better eat it Clean and then Properly cooked so that any of the larvae from the Disease causing Parasites are Fully Destroyed ... -
More pigs that suffer, Great! :)
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Pig housing can always be in multi storey save space and easy management.
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Animal agriculture takes 18 times more land up than growing crops, and infinitely more pollutants (including over twice the co2 and methane output from all transport combined)
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This video tries to make you believe that only 200 small farmers produce most of Chinas pork. That is the biggest crock of Bs I have seen lately. They have adapted to the US pork producers methods and also use most of the manure for fertilizer. This video is so full of it.
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I wouldn't be surprised if they purposely contaminated the food to scare the people into buying American.
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Larry Pope is a sell out, I hope he gets what he deserves. I will never buy his crap again.
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You compost the pig shit and you have very good fertilizer to grow crops (you dont let it run off) The algae blooms because shit is good fertilizer, you just divert to grow crops. BTW, China is ripping the USA off.. EXCUSE ME- Our elected officials are controlled by CHINA and they are letting that country rip us off to the tune of 450 billion a year, this is why Trump should be elected in 2016.. China is growing at the expense of American jobs
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Sixtie
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Wait wait wait... china produces tech which is exported to the US... at an even graver impact to it's environment.
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The Jews and the Muslims might be the same people!
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The Jews and the Muslems are the same bad people1
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China might be a Muslum!
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Denmark did this for England, when they couldent sustain them selv in food in there industriel development.
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great job on the videos, i subscribed after seeing the buffalo new york one.
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NOT ALOT OF JEWS IN CHINA THEN????