China Faces Food Shortage as Droughts, Flooding, and Pests Ruin Harvest

China Faces Food Shortage as Droughts, Flooding, and Pests Ruin Harvest
Wang Jianjun stands outside his dairy farm while worrying about the market in Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, China on May 1, 2019. Betsy Joles/ Getty Images
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Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua recently asked the governors of each province in China to make sure the sown areas of agricultural crops would not shrink and crop yield won’t be reduced this year.

At a food security meeting held in Beijing on July 27, he warned that governors would be punished if they failed to uphold the promise, including with dismissals.

Nicole Hao
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Nicole Hao is a Washington-based reporter focused on China-related topics. Before joining the Epoch Media Group in July 2009, she worked as a global product manager for a railway business in Paris, France.
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