Well we’re not too far behind IMHO.
The new chinese cookbook is flying off the shelves.
101 ways to wok your dog.
OP : " “China’s food shortfall will only get worse in coming years unless it undertakes major agricultural reforms, warns the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.”
”A key question is, can China buy enough food to feed its 1.4 billion people if domestic production does not increase and imports are its only mainstay?
Surely, China’s food self-sufficiency rate must increase, but the current situation appears to preclude such an improvement. “
"It is difficult to ascertain the real situation since information coming out of China may not reflect the true severity of the crisis.”
Delta7 : “ If the US does not get our priorities right, we will find ourselves in the same boat. “
Pearls before Swine : ” That's right. Remember the sweeping of the supermarket shelves during the early days of the COVID panic?
Isopropyl alcohol disappeared; toilet paper disappeared; and meat counters were sorely depleted.
It doesn't take much systems disruption to cause trouble.
And, China's had a bad combo with the floods, the swine fever, and the other items mentioned in the article. “
Roman_War_Criminal : “ Well we’re not too far behind IMHO. “