China Faces Food Security Issues

China Faces Food Security Issues
A Chinese farmer spraying pesticide in a wheatfield in Chiping county in Liaocheng, east China's Shandong Province on March 15, 2017. STR/AFP/Getty Images
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Xi Jinping’s new agricultural reforms sound very much like Mao-era policies. Like a board game, it involves moving people and resources around, planning the increase in food production and how much will be stored for the future, who will receive which resources, and who will be favored by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Antonio Graceffo
Antonio Graceffo
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Antonio Graceffo, Ph.D., is a China economy analyst who has spent more than 20 years in Asia. Graceffo is a graduate of the Shanghai University of Sport, holds an MBA from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and studied national security at American Military University.
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