I had in mind "late modern period" as frequently used by historians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_modern_period https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_modern_

I had in mind "late modern period" as frequently used by historians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_modern_period https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_modern_period And for china specifically (and also very much india) I would definitely include the 19th century victorian famines. They were driven by distinctly "modern" forces like global grain market prices, and bureaucratic/political prioritization of exports over sustaining the local population. Pre-modern famines were usually more directly caused by regional failure to react to specific climate events and crop failures. Or, traditionally, just local military aristocrats hoarding the grain.