‘China didn’t hoard grains’: stockpiling to ensure domestic food security has global implications - April 11, 2022

[sharon sanders]

‘China didn’t hoard grains’: stockpiling to ensure domestic food security has global implications
Published: 5:00am, 11 Apr, 2022

• As food prices rise globally and war rages between two of the world’s biggest grain suppliers, Beijing is intent on securing an adequate food supply for the most populous country
• But some Western critics are accusing China of contributing to global inflation and regional shortages of foodstuffs

As China imports record levels of grain every year, an oft-repeated vow by President Xi Jinping is given greater impetus: “The Chinese people’s rice bowl must be firmly held in their own hands.”

But China’s amassing of grain stockpiles has sparked allegations by some Western critics who say such a mentality has contributed to rising food prices globally amid the prolonged pandemic and now war between two of the world’s biggest grain suppliers – Russia and Ukraine.

Many analysts point to China’s grim history of hunger and poverty to explain the unprecedented emphasis Beijing has been placing on food security, and some say it is a prudent choice in the face of extreme weather, shipping disruptions, sanctions and conflicts that have globe-spanning implications.


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