China reached the brink of Hunger while Fighting Corona, Food Supplies from Most Countries also Stopped

The cases of Wuhan virus originating from China have been increasing at a quadruple speed day and night. Corona’s positive cases are now approaching 2 million and more than 1 lakh 14 thousand people have died due to this virus so far. China itself has been most affected by this and many countries globally have also been angry with China. Corona has severely affected the food supply chain, causing the entire system to collapse. Now if China is going to suffer the most damage, then it is China because it is going to cause a severe shortage of food to feed its population. It is also being discussed in China’s social media.

People rushing to buy rice and cooking oil in #Chongqing, #China on Mar 31. Worry about food shortage has been spreading for a while. There has also been leaked internal official notice suggesting people store food supply of at least 3-6 months.#CCPVirus #COVID2019 pic.twitter.com/LRykIsgwoO

— Jennifer Zeng 曾錚 (@jenniferatntd) April 1, 2020

There has been news on social media for several weeks that there has been a huge shortage of food in China. In a claim, it is being said that a government document has also come out which talks about planning to reduce food supply.

Chinese people shouldn't worry about #grain supply shortages or price rises, and it's not necessary to stock grain at home, said a senior #MOFCOM official on Thursday, saying China had 280 million tons of wheat, maize and rice in stock at the end of 2019. https://t.co/dkAwuk7AR4 pic.twitter.com/fFRFTEGCEk

— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) April 2, 2020

It is being called as official notification of CCP in which it was asked to motivate to reduce food for all families for 3-6 months. Together, it is being asked to raise food for 3-6 months. However, the Chinese government has denied the food shortage and the Communist Party mouthpiece Global Times wrote an article on it.

The way the production and movement of all goods has stopped due to the corona virus, it brings back memories of the terrible famine in China in 1959-61. The way in which farming has slowed down and labor movement has slowed all over the world, the supply chain of China has been broken and it has become difficult to move food items from one place to another. Explain that China is the largest consumer and importer of food due to having the largest population.

Farmers in China are going through a financial crisis because of the production they did not go to the market for two months. Now they are not able to plant a new crop and even arrange fertilizer for it. While Vietnam has also refused to export rice, Thailand has also stopped exporting chicken egg.

At the same time, African countries are also unable to do farming due to the locust problem, which has severely affected the food production there. Last time when swine fever was spread in African countries, food prices in China were increased by 21 percent. In such a situation, China is not going to get help from Africa either.

However, China itself feeds 22 percent of the world’s population and is self-dependent in some cases and 95 percent of rice, wheat and corn are produced in China. But China relies on the international market for 80 percent of its soybean milk and sugar supplies. Consumption of meat has also increased in China, due to which there has been an increase in the consumption of soybean which is used to feed animals. Now Corona has stopped this chain.

Corona virus has affected the global food chain in such a way that food gathering has become a serious problem for the population of a country like China. From Chinese farmers to officials battling Corona. Not only this, the way the Chinese government has spoiled its relationship by giving bad masks and fake medical testing kits to other countries, China is not going to get relief in the coming time. This is the reason why many experts have also been feared of acute food shortage in China, which will force the Chinese population to go hungry.