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submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

The language in the article is just eugh though. Some funny bits:

Mr Xi has called food security a guozhidazhe. That is the high-flown phrase which he uses to denote “the main affairs of state” or “national priorities”. To that end, the supreme leader and his underlings emphasise the need to grow grain, rather than frivolities like fruit or flowers, on China’s limited stocks of prime arable land.

When food priority is on the task list of the state, it's bad apparently

In and around Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, officials are focusing on Mr Xi’s current priority. That means growing grain. They are making their obedience visible. Mr Xi visited the fertile Chengdu plain last year, recalling how it was known in history as “heaven’s granary”. Those words, along with Xi-isms about food security and cropland, now appear on village walls and roadside propaganda posters.

Xi is eating all the grain. Food security is a Xi-ism now

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[-] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago

why would you grow grain instead of flowers, it's not like humans need food to survive smh

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Would someone please think of what the ruling classes are going to decorate their homes with?

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