Original Source: Pacific Journal
A social sciences journal focused on regional issues in the Pacific. It has been published monthly since 1993, and is sponsored by the Ministry of Natural Resources.
Scholars from Renmin University argue that China is particularly vulnerable to supply shocks and rising prices for agricultural commodities triggered by the Ukraine war. A volatile and challenging geopolitical outlook, the authors suggest, represents a long-term risk for China’s food security. The authors call on Beijing to diversify sourcing of China’s food supply (including away from the United States) by encouraging greater Chinese investment in the Russian agricultural sector and pursuing trade agreements with a wider range of partners.
Read-out from 2013 convening of the Politburo to discuss China’s strategy for becoming a “maritime superpower.”