China’s Food Security Problem Returning

With fewer farmers and less arable land, food security becomes a top concern for Beijing—again.

Farmers harvesting rice in a paddy during harvest season in Taizhou, in China's eastern Jiangsu Province, on Sept. 20, 2022. STR/AFP via Getty Images

Commentary

As I discussed in a prior post titled “The Hollowing of China,” key macroeconomic factors in China are turning negative in a very transformative way.