China has long been a keen supporter of transgenic agriculture, and is still pouring money into developing the technology. So why are applications to market new genetically modified crops in limbo? Colin Macilwain investigates.
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Macilwain, C. Against the grain. Nature 422, 111–112 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/422111a
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