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“In the northeastern province of Heilongjiang [China], where corn has long been the most common crop, the government offered soybean producers subsidies of roughly $739 per hectare [$299/acre]—nearly 17 times the amount offered for corn.” Lingling Wei and Jeanne Whalen, The U.S. and Chinese Economies are Hurtling Towards a Messy Divorce, Wall Street Journal, Feb. 4, 2026.