I quess I'll be growing GM rice thanks to China in a year

[Taro Toporific]

The genetic spillover carried by the wind will make Japan's genetically modified rice ban moot.

Of Rice and Men
MSNBC- Newsweek, Dec 12
...Now China is on the threshold of allowing the commercial planting of one of the world's biggest staple crops: rice. Six strains of GM rice have already passed a gantlet of field trials and studies, setting the stage for final approval by a meeting of ministers, perhaps as early as January. ...more...