INTRODUCTION For the first time, China's Reform and Opening Up policy, introduced in 1978, permitted private power generation companies and foreign investment. In the past three decades, China's economy has responded with sustained economic growth of more than 10 percent, which has increased China's gross domestic product 15-fold. Today, the global community is leading China's…

Since the third quarter of this year, international shipping rates have been rising, with the ongoing shortage of shipping containers continuing to worsen. This has had a huge effect on the supply chains of cross-border agricultural produce. The cost of container transportation between China and the east coast of the U.S. increased to new highs…