Soaring pork price propels pig farmers up China's rich list

Qin Yinglin sees net worth triple to $14bn amid African Swine Fever

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The wealth of some of China's largest producers of pig feed and pork has soared as prices of the meat have climbed amid a disease epidemic. © Reuters

CK TAN, Nikkei staff writer

SHANGHAI -- China's African swine fever epidemic has devastated the country's pig herds, but the boost it has given to pork prices has shaken up the ranks of the nation's wealthy just as much as string of successful initial public offerings in Hong Kong.

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