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Gonzalo Higuain Jersey , Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand should learn from China and learn to channel investment into areas that boost local development, a leading China researcher said Tuesday as the election campaign debate over the sale of productive farmland continues.
Dr Jason Young, a research fellow at Victoria University's New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre, said New Zealand should view investment as part of the broader agribusiness relationship with China.
Referring to Chinese food giant Shanghai Pengxin Group's planned purchase of the central North Island's 13,800-hectare Lochinver Station, Young said the focus on the large-scale sale of productive land to foreign interests was understandable.
However, he pointed out
Giorgio Chiellini Jersey , leading Chinese agricultural companies such as Bright Dairy, Yili and Mengniu had made large investments in dairy processing facilities in New Zealand.
