Marx once called it a "propaganda tool of the financial aristocracy." However, the British magazine "The Economist", which is regarded as a model by the Western world, in a recent article, not only tried to blame China for the skyrocketing global food prices, but even He also fal

was once called "a propaganda tool of the financial aristocracy" by Marx. However, the British magazine "The Economist", which is regarded as a standard in the Western world, not only tried to blame China for the skyrocketing global food prices in a recent article, but also He even falsely claimed that "only pigs eat more than Chinese people." After this article was published, it immediately aroused criticism from netizens at home and abroad, denounced The Economist’s behavior as unquestionably racist. Citing news from Observer website on June 29, it is reported that the Economist published this article titled "Most of the world's food is not eaten by humans" to maliciously attack China. The article lists some data through Spring and Autumn writing, trying to find reasons for the current global food shortage and rising prices. But the author of the article deliberately puts China on the receiving end of this blame.

The Economist said that global food production has increased by 17% since 2010, exceeding the growth rate of global population during the same period, but there are still a large number of hungry people in the world. The reason is that 43% of the grain is used as biofuel and to feed livestock, and the total amount of this grain is six times the total grain production of Russia and Ukraine.

Then the article changed its tone and pointed the finger directly at China, saying that "in 2019, pigs ate 431 million tons of grain, 45% more than the Chinese people eat." Because the Economist's article was too shocking and completely meaningless. Bottom line, so while foreign netizens denounced the racist behavior of The Economist magazine, they also exposed the essence of this article as blaming China through far-fetched accusations. In fact, the currently internationally recognized animal protein feed includes soybeans, and pork, as the main meat on the Chinese table, does consume a considerable amount of soybeans every year.

However, the soybeans imported into China are mainly used for oil extraction. The soybean products used to feed pigs are the extracted soybean meal, not unprocessed soybean raw materials. The soybeans grown in China are used in various soy products, such as soy milk, tofu, etc. It can be said that the thousands of years of dietary wisdom of the Chinese people have maximized the role of a small bean.

Not only that, there are also objective differences in the demand for staple foods between China and foreign countries. In terms of data, China imports more than half of the world’s soybeans, but this does not mean that other countries, especially developing countries, also use soybeans extensively in their own countries. on the dining table. On the contrary, wheat , which is highly valued by all developing countries, China has achieved self-sufficiency. According to public data, China's wheat production reached 134,250 tons in 2020, ranking first in the world. China's wheat consumption At 150,000 kilotons, it is also the first in the world, but China’s wheat imports are lower than Egypt’s 12,149 kilotons, ranking second in the world. Egypt’s total population just exceeded 100 million in 2019, and China’s total population It has already reached a scale of 1.4 billion.

Numerous facts can prove that it is precisely China that has successfully protected its own jobs and avoided joining the rush to buy the global wheat market as a "major buyer". Otherwise, with China's wheat consumption of 1.4 billion people, the world's wheat Prices will rise to a point that no developing country can afford.

Not only that, when economists and others began to maliciously attack the Chinese people’s food needs, they deliberately failed to mention the four major grain merchants that control global food prices. , three are from the United States and one is from France. It is Western countries that control The power of food pricing has led to the high number of hungry people in the world. If the West has even a shred of sincere sympathy for poor third world countries, it should reflect on itself and correct its mistakes instead of uttering bad words against a responsible big country.