Maybe the Chinese - who are the largest emitters of CO2 and burn eight times as much coal as the US - should outsource their manufacturing to Germany.
Chinese data does not make sense. It announces that in 2022 it produced 686 million tons of grain for 1,200 million people. Easily, one would think, to feed the population and perhaps have some tonnage for exports.
However Chana announced: “China has become increasingly reliant on imports to account for changing consumption habits. Between 2003 and 2017, China’s food imports grew from just $14 billion to $104.6 billion. While food exports nearly tripled from $20.2 billion to $59.6 billion [much fish and seafood] over the same period, China increasingly finds itself running a food trade deficit.
This has prompted Beijing to openly reframe its food self-sufficiency strategy. At the Annual Central Rural Work Conference in 2013, Chinese leaders acknowledged that the country would have to supplement its domestic supply with “moderate imports” in order to meet food security needs.”