(Tom: Blind Freddie can see with so much of our food capacity owned by the Chinese that this food shortage in China poses a potential threat to our food supply. The least we can do is start to expand our production capacity to meet future shortages. The Bradfield irrigation scheme and others like it that would divert east flowing water over the Great Divide and into the Murray Darling is looking like a very good plan at present.)
Food shortages and economic shortfalls drive Beijing to further extremes.
The leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) knows what’s coming to the people of China: food shortages. That’s the reason behind Beijing’s latest draconian edict to the people, the so-called “Clean Plates Campaign.” Once enacted, the new law will limit the amount of food that people can order at a restaurant and may even extend into what amounts Chinese citizens can consume in their own households.
This latest totalitarian move by the CCP comes on the heels of Beijing’s very public arrest of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai, whom Beijing designated a threat to national security. The two may not seem related, but evidently, freedom of speech and freedom of dining are both considered by the Party to pose national security risks.
Unfortunately, China has seen a significant rise in China’s food prices, particularly pork, which is the national staple. As of this past July, an almost 90 percent year-over-year rise in pork prices was recorded, and overall food prices rose 10 percent over the same time period.
The Party rightly fears that food shortages and the accompanying inflation can lead to widespread civil unrest in China. What’s more, the shortages aren’t expected to end anytime soon, either. In fact, they will likely grow worse.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/china-grows-hungry_3461946.html