I think 91% food self-sufficiency for China would still be fine, as there are still the strategic grain reserves.
Plus in a real emergency, they can cut out the wastefulness and increase production, so that there will be more than enough.
Only " Tibet Water to Xinjiang Project" can save China from severe economic&social unrest
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I think 91% food self-sufficiency for China would still be fine, as there are still the strategic grain reserves.
Plus in a real emergency, they can cut out the wastefulness and increase production, so that there will be more than enough.
antiterror13
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antiterror13
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Agreed, but not less than 90%, ideally should be 95%
And during emergency, instead of eating 50 kgs of meat (excluding seafood) a year, it could be reduced easily to 25kg ... even healthier
And the same thing for seafood. China produce the most of seafood total 81.5 Millions tons (mostly aquaculture) or per capita 58 kgs a year that could be easily cut by half to 30kg during emergency
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China is facing a food crisis currently.
Talikmakan desert , the size of Germany can be transformed into useable land in Xin-jiang.
Going forward post virus, if China become totally self sufficient from A to Z , doesn't depend trading with the West , On flip side the West probably still need China that would the ideal situation.
China doesn't need US, EU, Taiwan, Korea,Japan....etc
China doesn't need to be rich just need to be self sufficient
There's no excess water to transform the useless desert land in inner Mongolia.
Talikmakan desert , the size of Germany can be transformed into useable land in Xin-jiang.
Going forward post virus, if China become totally self sufficient from A to Z , doesn't depend trading with the West , On flip side the West probably still need China that would the ideal situation.
China doesn't need US, EU, Taiwan, Korea,Japan....etc
China doesn't need to be rich just need to be self sufficient
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antiterror13
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hmmmm quite extreme views
.. does it mean that China wouldn't need UEV lithography tech, as long as self sufficient?Why is there excess water to transform the Talikmakan desert, but not Inner Mongolia which is grassland?
Given China's size, it will be broadly self sufficient anyway.
So going forward, other countries will need access to China far more than vice versa. That even applies to the USA.
antiterror13
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he meant ... get the water from Tibet to Taklamakan desert
It is theoretically possible. But do the high costs justify the economic benefits?
And why to the Taklimakan desert in Xinjiang?
It would be a lot easier, cheaper, quicker to send the water to Qinghai or Gansu.
These are also sparsely populated areas, but a lot closer to coastal ports and densely populated core China.
antiterror13
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Good question! ...... Tibet is very high altitude and Taklamakan is low, so in theory mostly can be delivered with just gravitational force but in reality is engineering feat to do that.
Also "Tibet is the source of several of Asia’s great rivers, including the Yellow, Yangtze, Brahmaputra, Indus, and Ganges. The plateau, which has an average elevation of 4000 metres and is widely considered the world’s third pole due its vast glaciers and freshwater resources, plays a crucial role in regulating regional climate"
hmmmm quite extreme views
Self sufficiency means do everything on its own from A to Z.