A dependence on food and energy imports could be China's biggest weakness in a potential future conflict with Taiwan Not much could unite Peng Lifa, the activist who disappeared after staging a rare anti-lockdown protest in Beijing last year, and Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader who Peng was criticising. But in October 2022, both men diagnosed the same vulnerability in China: food. "We want food, not PCR tests," read Peng's bright red characters, emblazoned on a banner hung over Beijing's Sitong B...
China's war chest: Beijing seeks to remedy its vulnerability to food and energy embargoes
The Guardian - 29 May 2023 01:01
A dependence on food and energy imports could be China's biggest weakness in a potential future conflict with Taiwan Not much could unite Peng Lifa, the activist who disappeared after staging a rare anti-lockdown protest in Beijing last year, and Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader who Peng was criticising. But in October 2022, both men diagnosed the same vulnerability in China: food. "We want food, not PCR tests," read Peng's bright red characters, emblazoned on a banner hung over Beijing's Sitong B...
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