NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: Xi calls on Chinese not to waste food as crop shortage fears grow: State media has gone into overdrive to highlight gastronomic excesses. “State media has gone into overdrive to highlight food wastage and the response by retailers. Broadcaster CCTV pointed to the Daweiwang live streams that show people eating vast amounts of food as an example of encouraging gluttony and food wastage, calling on the public to ‘applaud thriftiness.'”
Related: Some Chinese Cities Want to Limit the Amount of Food People Can Order at Restaurants.
I predict this will result in — entirely rational — food hoarding in response.
More on China’s likely impending food problems here.
UPDATE: From the comments: “What’s a Maoist Resurgency without a proper Mass Famine.”
Plus: “Why do socialists always go from ‘we will bury you’ directly to ‘the hoarders and wreckers stole all the food’ almost overnight?”
Right?