Chinese Authorities Scramble to Secure Pork Supply as African Swine Fever Ravages Nation

A pork meat stand at a market in Beijing, China on July 10, 2019. NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images

The Chinese regime recently hinted at the gravity of China’s pork shortage due to the impact of African swine fever on current stocks.

Since the first outbreak in Shenyang, the capital of northern China’s Liaoning Province on Aug. 1, 2018, the disease has spread to all Chinese provinces. The illness kills nearly every pig that contracts it, but is not known to have harmful effects on humans.