China breakneck plan to safeguard its future

China is about to do to the global supply chains for grains, livestock and food products what it has already done to the world’s energy and transport systems. The country is pursuing what amounts to world dominance in the mass manufacture of protein, launching a breakneck plan to end its strategic dependence on food imports and insure its people against the long-term famine risks of climate change. China has a plan to future-proof its food supply.Bloomberg The Politburo’s 15th five-year plan is marshalling all levers of finance and state power to overcome land and water limits, placing food security on a par with defence as an existential imperative for national survival. Analysts at consultancy Systemiq say the Communist Party is activating the same playbook already used for solar power, electric vehicles and batteries to…