African swine fever has Chinese pork industry in a sweat

Deadly virus is nearly always fatal to pigs, threatening world's largest market

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Much of China's pork comes from small, financially vulnerable farms like this one in Shandong province.

TADANORI YOSHIDA, Nikkei senior staff writer

TOKYO -- China is fighting an uphill battle against deadly and highly contagious African swine fever, which is threatening the domestic pork industry in the world's largest market for the meat.

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