Posted on 12/15/2021 11:12:21 AM PST by elpadre
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged local governments to optimize their land resources to achieve food self-sufficiency and reduce reliance on grain imports in the coming years, the latest indication the country is bracing for a potential conflict with the United States.
At the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) Central Economic Work Conference held on December 8, Xi said China had to ensure grain security for its 1.4 billion people.
“The more food we have, the more we have to think about when there is no food,” Xi said. “I’ve repeatedly said that Chinese people must firmly hold their rice bowls in their own hands at all times and should never let others grab our necks in the matter of food supply, a basic survival issue.
“In the past, food was transferred from the South to the North, but now it is transferred from the North to the South. In some places, a lot of fertile fields are used to build farms and grow flowers, fruits and trees. What about the crops?” Xi said.
“For a big country like ours, ensuring the supply of primary products is a major strategic issue. Soybeans, iron ore, crude oil, natural gas, copper and aluminum ore… all these are connected to the fate of our nation.”
Xi said China had to achieve self-sufficiency for all these strategic materials and set up reserve systems to store them for use at special times.
Xi’s speech came after the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on December 6 that China’s grain production increased by 13.4 million tons, or 2%, to 685 million tons in 2021 from last year. The NBS said extreme weather and flooding slashed Henan’s grain output by only 2.8 million tons this year.
At the same time, China imported 130 million tons of ----
(Excerpt) Read more at asiatimes.com ...
and more:
“..China consumes about 110 million tons of soybeans annually but can only self-supply 10-20 million tons. Brazil currently contributes 60% of China’s soybeans imports while the United States supplies 30%. China is seeking to import soybeans from Russia and some Southeast Asia countries to diversify its dependence on the US....”
“What about the crops”... being planted on land those ghost cities are occupying?
Can’t grow enough to be self sufficient in China’s windowless micro apartments.
Maybe they should spend less time threatening everyone and more time growing food.
This is the move of someone preparing for war.
Red Storm Rising had this exact scenario before Russia went to war if I remember correctly.
In the present time, I heard some ag market traders speculating earlier this year why China was buying so much from us then?
Were they filling all their storage in preparation for something sinister they were planning?
What’s next? Backyard steel furnaces?
Gee...that wouldn’t have anything to do with XI’s 7 week quarantine requirement?
Or that China is seeking a war footing in the new year?
So they aren’t worried about dependence on Brazil and Russia, only the USA? Uh oh.
He’s contemplating war, and wants to be sure that his people have food while that is going on
from the article:
“However, Lo said that with a huge population China’s food security would remain vulnerable due to deteriorating US-China relations, rising global food prices and what he perceives as insufficient food reserves.”
That’s what it sounds like to me.
Or someone whose people are hungry.
XI builds up his country, Biden tears our down.
Sounds like the latter.
Well, that is so long as you don't intend to start a war that might result in a blockade . . .
He’s contemplating war, and wants to be sure that his SOLDIERS have food while that is going on
Starve the bastards to death!!@
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