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"falling hunger during a time of rising population" I find it astonishing that Monbiot manages to mention China's famines in the 1950s and 1960s, but somehow f
by simbolit 3y ago
"falling hunger during a time of rising population"
I find it astonishing that Monbiot manages to mention China's famines in the 1950s and 1960s, but somehow fails to mention that most of the progress in the fight against hunger since the 1970s was made here: If you exclude China from the numbers, "falling hunger during a time of rising population" didn't really happen.
Old story: China bad.
- feedforward 3y agoChina was plagued by famine for centuries, including one in 1906 larger than the one a decade after the PRC was established. China's victory over malnutrition was won over the past 60 years, but none of this is convenient to his narrative.
- cscurmudgeon 3y agoA bit part of it due to West opening it’s markets to mainland China. Remember neighboring country of Taiwan didn’t face issues and famines like those caused by Mao.
- c0pium 3y ago1906 was roughly 20 million, which is slightly under the official estimates for the Great Leap Forward. The actual number for 59-61 is closer to 45 million. So no.
- cscurmudgeon 3y agoNah not really. Hint: India
- _c2xg 3y agoCCP bad, capitalism good