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Soaring soyabean price stirs anger among poor

Soaring soyabean price stirs anger among poor

By Raphael Minder in Hong Kong, John Aglionby in Jakarta and Jung-a Song in Seoul

Published: January 18 2008 02:29 | Last updated: January 18 2008 02:29

During the ancient Zhou dynasty, soyabeans were among China’s five sacred grains.

Thousands of years later soyabeans maintain their importance to the Chinese and most other Asians, but they have recently triggered much more down-to-earth preoccupations.

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