ESSAY
"Milking It for All It's Worth"

Categories

Jina Kim

April 8, 2003

World

Economics/Business

Technology

China

Government

Technological determinism

Excerpt (first and last two sentences)
"The milk industry in China is growing, thanks to the government’s support for schoolchildren to drink a glass a day.  As the dairy demand grows, government and corporation also press toward development in the northern border region of China, where most milk production occurs....
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Are large-scale farms inevitable results of new technology, or will advanced methods allow small farmers to co-exist successfully with the larger farms?  The future of China’s milk industry will be a worthwhile study in modern industrialization."

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