How Will China's Food Supply Weather the Year of Drought? -- Time
In China food supplies and food prices are deeply sensitive topics. So by the time the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization issued a special alert warning in February that a prolonged drought in the North China Plain was a “potentially serious problem” for the country's winter wheat crop, China's leaders had already mobilized. President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao made visits to farming regions in north China, pledging cash, equipment and manpower to ensure the crop survived.
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My Comment: The world is already at the brink of experiencing severe food shortages .... China's drought is only going to make the situation worse.