This is what I got when I asked Grok 4 to advise regarding Chinese food self-sufficiency (a topic which may be driving the 94% collapse propaganda drive).
<<<<No, China cannot currently feed its entire population of approximately 1.4 billion people using 100% domestically grown food, though it achieves high self-sufficiency in key staple grains and is actively pursuing greater independence through policy and technology. China’s overall food self-sufficiency rate stands at around 74-80%, meaning it relies on imports for roughly 20-25% of its caloric and nutritional needs, particularly for soybeans, corn (used heavily for animal feed), edible oils, dairy, and certain meats. For instance, in 2024, domestic soybean production met only about 15% of demand, with the rest imported primarily from Brazil and the US. Projections for 2025 indicate a potential food gap of around 130 million tons, including a 25 million ton grain deficit, exacerbated by limited arable land (only 9% of the world’s total for 18% of its population), water shortages, soil degradation, urbanization, and climate impacts. However, China maintains over 95% self-sufficiency in rice, wheat, and maize—core staples that form the backbone of its diet—thanks to decades of investment in irrigation, hybrid seeds, and mechanization. The government has prioritized food security as a national imperative under Xi Jinping, with initiatives like expanding high-standard farmland to 90 million hectares by 2030, adopting high-tech agriculture (e.g., vertical farming, GM crops, and AI-driven precision farming), and securing overseas farmland investments in Africa and Latin America to supplement domestic output. Despite these efforts, full self-sufficiency remains elusive in the near term due to demographic pressures, environmental constraints, and global supply chain dependencies; achieving it would require radical shifts like dietary changes (e.g., reduced meat consumption to ease feed grain imports) or breakthroughs in synthetic biology, but even then, vulnerabilities to droughts or trade disruptions persist.>>>>
Might explain why all the goose-stepping soldiers in the latest grandiose Nuremberg-like display looked like they needed an oyster po-boy or a couple of good tacos. No need for waste of ballistics, blow on them hard enough, they’d go tumbleweed. |
