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Re:China wasn’t ready for the trade war with the United States by jayd16 on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @11:56AM (#19850668)
No one questioned that the US could hurt China. Did we forget that that isn't the point? So far the US has not gained anything from this.
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Re:China wasn’t ready for the trade war with the United States by Fjolsvith on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @01:08AM (#19856027)
Its going to happen. Right now China is on the brink of some massive starvation due to their hog epidemic. [1] Pork is their largest meat consumed. When they've slaughtered 90% of their herd, the price of pork will go through the roof across the globe. This will increase the cost of all agricultural goods.

When food becomes expensive for China what will their newly affluent middle-class do? What will the poorer people do?

1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19823238

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Re:China wasn’t ready for the trade war with the United States by Fjolsvith on Thursday May 09, 2019 @07:02PM (#19873341)
Just found the source of this epidemic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ9bP6wo8rA&list=WL&index=49...

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