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How is China able to provide enough food to feed over 1B people?
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#12This whole post has a Factorio vibe of x->y->z, I'd read a blog from this author just breaking down infrastructure.
Completely agree. The form of this quora answer is as interesting as the content itself.
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#13A lot of superdefensive people over at quora everytime you ask a question about china.
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#14Wow, Japan consumes more seafood then all of the US states combined and the EU countries combined? That’s amazing.
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#15A lot of superdefensive people over at quora everytime you ask a question about china.
The most upvoted answer is probably the most awesome pierce of information I’ve seen in 2019 though, holy socks that’s a great Quora answer.
And it’s the top answer, clearly distinguishable from the answers you’re referring to, which I think is better than most social media, HN included.
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#16A lot of superdefensive people over at quora everytime you ask a question about china.
Even the first answer has “Western media won’t tell
you this”. Like there’s some western conspiracy to downplay Chinese agriculture industry.
The Chinese media is constantly telling their people that the US is plotting against China and is hostile to them, so the citizens don’t get any crazy ideas like democracy and human rights. While simultaneously amplifying the bad news coming out of America to show the ‘dangers’ of western culture.
Plus there is a large group of astroturfers constantly scanning the web for mentions of China (aka “50 cent army”).
I don’t blame the individuals for holding these views but it’s something to always be conscious of when reading anything online about China. And I say that as someone who loves their country and people, just not their cultural controls.
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#17Oh boy. Lots of things in the top answer that western folks will, uh... question. Informative and complete nonetheless!
Re: How is China able to provide enough food to feed over 1B people?
#18The country I don't understand how they do it is Bangladesh. A country the size of New York State with 164 million people. (50% of the US population). As I understand it, they generate 90% of the food they require.
It has a lot to do with the Asian diet, this includes India and Pakistan too. Most people in those countries do not consume large amount of meat, massively reducing their need for large amount of agricultural land. Soil fertility is just part of the equation, does not explain Egypt, Pakistan and a multitude of other countries.
FYI India has more arable land than USA at the moment: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.ARBL.HA?end=2016...
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#19Wow, Japan consumes more seafood then all of the US states combined and the EU countries combined? That’s amazing.
Japan has 50% more coastline than the United States.
Where I sit, 1000km from an ocean, seafood is pretty remote. Sure, it gets flown in and flash frozen isn't horrible, but it isn't fresh.
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#20A lot of superdefensive people over at quora everytime you ask a question about china.
Even the first answer has “Western media won’t tell you this”. Like there’s some western conspiracy to downplay Chinese agriculture industry. The Chinese media is constantly telling their people that the US is plotting against China and is hostile to them, so the citizens don’t get any crazy ideas like democracy and human rights. While simultaneously amplifying the bad news coming out of America to show the ‘dangers’…
Western media likes to portray asians as either brutes or poor or stupid or nerds.