‘The Threat Is Very Real to Us Every Single Day’: Gov. Noem on Danger China Poses to American Agriculture

Chinese Communist Party considers food warfare a form of ‘asymmetric warfare.’

South Dakota's Governor Kristi Noem arrives to speak during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference meeting in National Harbor, Md., on Feb. 23, 2024. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

Over 2,500 years ago, a renowned Chinese strategist launched trade wars—food wars, more specifically—to conquer other states.

A similar scenario in which communist China dominates the world through food security is what U.S. lawmakers are trying to avoid by holding a hearing on Wednesday about “the danger China poses to American agriculture.”