News stories by Analysis by Mitch Moxley

In China, a country with a history of famine and where rural dwellers still use the greeting 'have you eaten?', food is close to sacred. Feeding the country’s massive population remains one of the biggest threats to future economic growth and social stability, experts warn.

The late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping was believed to have said that China should 'hide our capacities, bide our time, and never be in the limelight.'