Rice losing place on Asian plate as diets improve
                   
thestar.com.my     May 18, 2008            

By Niu Shuping and Mayank Bhardwaj BEIJING/NEW DEHLI (Reuters) - Rice prices have surged this year for many reasons, but unlike most other commodities, fast-growing Chinese and Indian demand isn't one of them. If Chinese rice demand follows the trend seen in wealthy Japan it could fall by half in... [read full story]                

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