Rapid changes in China’s pig business

China’s pig business has been going through very rapid changes in the last few years. As a result of this transformation, the once relatively isolated swine business has opened up – with tremendous consequences for the rest of the pig world. China is capable of getting things done: big things. Yet, in contrast, as far as the pig industry goes it’s only very recently that China’s situation has been ‘big news’ on the world stage. Of course, as is shown in Figure 1, China has long