Guogezhuang/Beijing — China will adjust its rules on controlling the spread of African swine fever to keep pork supplies stable, said an official on Friday, even as the country reported the first cases of the disease to be discovered in its capital. The highly contagious disease was found on two farms in a south-western district of sprawling Beijing. At a checkpoint outside of Guogezhuang village in the Fangshan district on Friday, workers in white suits sprayed cars with disinfectant. A Reuters journalist was stopped at the checkpoint and barred from reaching one of the affected farms. China has issued strict bans on moving pigs out of provinces and regions infected with the disease, leading to excess supply in some areas and a shortage in others. Some farmers are struggling to sell their pigs or facing very low prices in areas were supplies are plentiful. “Restrictions on the trans-regional transport of pigs and products have affected the production cycle of some enterprises,” Fen...

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