But it isn't tender feelings for swine that caused Wang Bin, a retired export company worker, to start replacing pork with vegetables, chicken and fish as the mainstays of her family's diet. Like hundreds of millions of other Chinese, she's simply feeling the pinch of pork prices that have gone up 40% or more over the last year. More conventionally, pork is used in many of the most famous dishes in Chinese cuisine moo shu pork, twice cooked pork, sweet and sour pork, steamed pork buns,...

Meat producer Smithfield Foods inc. said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit rose sharply on higher sales and higher prices charged for its pork and beef products. Beef, pork and poultry producers have struggled in recent months with higher feed costs, as prices of corn and grain have surged because of demand for ethanol. Meat producer raises prices. Larry Pope, chief executive. Smithfield shares fell 2 percent Thursday. It also produces other meats. Last year, Smithfield acquired Sara Lee...

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Department of Agriculture's national hog report weighted average price Friday afternoon was shown at $72. Market analysts and meat distributors said buying interest from retailers for Independence Day holiday promotions and fill-in orders for the second half of June contributed to the strength in wholesale pork prices. In other news this week, the USDA reported pork export sales for April down from a year ago for a third consecutive month, which put the year-to-date figure slightly below a...

Anecdotal evidence from various second-tier Chinese cities such as Shantou, Xiamen and Bobai show that protests over local issues such as enforced family planning or abrupt changes to development plans have quickly attracted a gaggle of unrelated protesters and quickly turned serious. Anecdotal evidence from various second-tier Chinese cities such as Shantou, Xiamen and Bobai show that protests over local issues such as enforced family planning or abrupt changes to development plans have...