Are China and Russia Engineering a Global Famine?

Weaponizing global food supply chains supports both nations' drive for global dominance

A worker next to a machine transporting newly harvested paddy grains to a storage warehouse in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, on Oct. 25, 2019. Stringer/Reuters

Commentary

Despite significant military setbacks, China remains fully supportive of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The reasons why Beijing does so may vary, but the bottom line is that the two authoritarian nations are working together to reshape the global order.