China's 'land grab' takes 5 percent of Ukraine: report

[stuntcat]

http://m.smh.com.au/world/chinas-land-grab-takes-5-per-cent-of-ukraine-report-20130925-2udsp.html

Ukraine has agreed a deal with a Chinese company to lease 5 per cent of its land to feed China's burgeoning population, according to reports.

It would be the biggest so-called "land grab" agreement, where one country leases or sells land to another, in a trend that has been compared with the 19th century "scramble for Africa", but which is now spreading to eastern Europe.

Under the 50-year plan, China would eventually control 3 million hectares, an area equivalent to the size of Belgium or Massachusetts, which represents 9 per cent of Ukraine's arable land.

[leveymg]

1. Just like they own 30% of the Alberta Tar Sands which they will soon have access to after we build

their pipeline to a deep-water port. Wal*Mart, always lowest price. Not in the long-run.

[Nihil]

2. Er ... "wow" ...

Country A has bought %5 of country B in order to feed people in country A?

9% of country B's arable land?



I'm used to people allowing their neighbours or friends to use unwanted garden
space (or an old allotment) to grow more veg but at a country level?

And at country scales? ("an area equivalent to the size of Belgium&quot



Just so that Country A doesn't have to restrict its vast, growing population?

This *isn't* going to end well ...