Until he came along China had never suffered a single famine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famines_in_China

NATOpedia source. I like how concise most of the other death counts are, except for the final famine under communism where the number is, as always, between 15 million and 100 gorrillian. Like we can accurately count the number of deaths for a famine in the 14th century, but as soon as an enemy of the west is involved the error bars blow up like a red giant.