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Re:The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People by simbolit on Saturday October 28, 2023 @12:15PM (#38050959)
"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.

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Re:The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People by feedforward on Saturday October 28, 2023 @12:25PM (#38051025)
China 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.
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Re:The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People by cscurmudgeon on Saturday October 28, 2023 @12:57PM (#38051411)
A 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.
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Re:The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People by c0pium on Saturday October 28, 2023 @01:01PM (#38051439)
1906 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.
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Re:The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People by cscurmudgeon on Saturday October 28, 2023 @12:56PM (#38051388)
Nah not really. Hint: India
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Re:The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People by georgedegennaro on Saturday October 28, 2023 @03:50PM (#38052811)
CCP bad, capitalism good
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