Soylent Green for the Win \o/
Surely something like feeding their population is no problem for such a formidable world power.
“Released 62.5 tons of rice, 50 tons of corn and 760,000 tons of soybeans....”
For a country with China’s population, the amount of rice and corn seem low compared to soybeans. I wonder if that was a mis-print for those two amounts?
Also just before the virus hit them, chickens and hogs (Chinese meat staples) were hit with various diseases and most were killed.
Since then they’ve sent their massive fishing fleet to rape the waters were ever they can - including the Galapagos Islands
We had ration books in Cuba. Communism loves ration books.
Prepper ping
They may be asking DjT for food. I also haven’t heard if the 3 Gorges Dam has held. If it fails, they’re screwed.
The commies won’t mind much if they lose a billion here, or a billion there.
In your fortune cookie:
“That wasn’t chicken.”
I could see some hefty inflation in Chinese food prices and spot shortages this Winter, but it would surprise me to see actual famine. They have a lot of assets that could be sold, before people start starving.
Belt tightening and substitutions seem to already be occurring.
Real famine is not inconceivable over the next few years though, in some worst case scenarios.
I talked with a guy who was in prison in China during Mao’s famine (he had been in the Koumintang Army, fighting the communists).
He said that every morning, they had a formation, and were inspected. Those who had wasted away to the point where the inspector’s fist could easily pass between their thighs while they stood at attention, were moved to a separate area for the dying. Some left almost every day.
If the food supply gets really bad they will announce that food security is national security and start arresting farmers and other suppliers.
So this means no more exporting lead laced milk?
Ruined crops in China. Locusts across Africa and Eastern Asia.
The next six months are going to pressure our food stocks.
Get ready for another USA for Africa go-round.
Their reserve stock of frozen pork has dwindled by over 80% since this time a year ago. Estimates are four to six weeks supply remaining. Much is likely being diverted to storage directly under government supervision.
Apparently, we have plenty of wild bore to donate.
So they kill a generation of women and they have a 48 hr supply of coal. What could go wrong?
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