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As a country with a population of approximately 1.4 billion, China attaches great importance to food security.
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has pushed up food and fertilizer prices, and some impacts on global grain supplies have been witnessed. Though China has assured its food security, some foreign media outlets took this opportunity to falsely claim that China will face grain shortages, to stoke anxiety and blame China for the tension in Ukraine.
Who is hyping China’s supposed food issue? Are China’s grain production and supplies safe enough? How will China guarantee its food supply? The Global Times will present three investigative reports in the coming days. This is the second installment.
Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Western sanctions that have followed are putting pressure on countries in Central Asia that import grain and other critical supplies from the region. On Thursday, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said his country must join the Chinese as well as Korean and Japanese food production chains as soon as possible.…
China might help Central Asian countries amid global grain supply disruption due to the strategic value of Central Asia to its Belt and Road Initiative
At a time when food prices are already soaring due to runaway inflation (thanks, Federal Reserve), communist China is reportedly buying up food and other supplies as part of a massive government [.]