Asia correspondent Ed White - swine fever outbreak
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English - October 31, 2019 20:48 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The African Swine Fever outbreak has been decimating pig populations across Asia this year and has really started to cause major headaches for the government in Beijing. Population control is making its way back on the agenda in the world's second most populous country after a state government in Assam, in India's north-east, legislated a new two-child policy this month. Ed White is a correspondent for the Financial Times, based in Seoul.