Xi is ahead of the game. Numbers in the attached from pre-Ukraine invasion.
https://www.foodprocessing.com/industrynews/2022/china-accused-of-hoarding-grain/
“...By mid-2022, China will hold 69% of the world’s corn reserves, 60% of its rice and 51% of its wheat, according to USDA prediction...”
https://www.foodprocessing.com/industrynews/2022/china-accused-of-hoarding-grain/
from link:
China is keeping mass quantities of grain in storage, to the point where it’s affecting global food prices, according to a columnist for Bloomberg.
Adam Minter, author of “Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade,” cites USDA statistics pointing to what he calls China’s “hoarding” of key commodities. By mid-2022, China will hold 69% of the world’s corn reserves, 60% of its rice and 51% of its wheat, according to USDA prediction ... -————————
Almost everyone above a certain age in China knows someone who starved to death. It’s one of the things that makes the Chinese serious people... not a lot of room for fluff when you’ve seen some of the stuff they’ve seen.