China's plan to never run out of food

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YT CAPTION: Food security is an issue on many global leaders' plates. The climate phenomenon, El Niño, could impact food security worldwide by increasing the risk of floods, droughts, and heat waves. And the conflict raging over the Strait of Hormuz is impacting global supply chains. Grain exports have also been hit by Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the US-Israeli war on Iran is stalling fertilizer shipments. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump's trade war and tariffs also hit food prices. But Chinese President Xi Jinping and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials are ahead of the game on food security. After all, a history of famines marked the collective conscious in the country. Mao Zedong's "Great Leap Forward" caused what is thought to be the worst man-made famine in history. And in the "Cultural Revolution" Xi Jinping reportedly spent many hungry days in rural China. So food security is personal for China's president and he has a focus on food policy. And he has a

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