A Chinese man sells cabbage in Beijing November 7, 2001. China's agriculture
exports amounted to $1 billion in the first eight months of this year, a 1.7
percent drop from the year before. With China's entry into the World Trade
Organization (WTO) pending, severe challenges to China's agricultural sector
are appearing on the horizon, said a senior agricultural economist with the
Ministry of Agriculture. REUTERS/Andrew Wong

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