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[1] Massive soybean expansion in South America since 2000 and implications for conservation, NCBI: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8350977/
[2] Xin Jinping: Your job must be in your own hands, Xinhuanet: https://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2015-08/25/c_128164006.htm
[3] How China could starve the world, Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1994/08/28/how-china-could-starve-the-world/555ed096-4247-4ff4-a185-1d7cdd2aa2d9/
[4] Lou Jiwei and He Lifeng debate the price of food protection, Caixin.com: https://topics.caixin.com/2018-03-13/101220924.html
[5] Lou Jiwei talks about agricultural reform: reducing all-round subsidies for grain, CNR: https://news.cnr.cn/dj/20150430/t20150430_518430646.shtml
[6] China scythes grain self-sufficiency policy, Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/6025b7c8-92ff-11e3-8ea7-00144feab7de
[7] China’s new five-year plan adjusts food policy: no longer pursues continuous increase in production, http://www.ce.cn/cysc/sp/info/201603/07/t20160307_9337392.shtml
[8] China’s Global Agricultural Strategy: An Open System to Safeguard the Country’s Food Security https://www.rsis.edu.sg/rsis-publication/idss/wp282/
[9] When food meets BRI: China's emerging Food Silk Road, ScienceDirect: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2211912421000286
[10] China expands farmland in bid to cut foreign food reliance, Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/6702e861-24c1-4383-be1c-bb0ba3b09c8a
[11] People's Political Consultative Conference: http://www.cppcc.gov.cn/zxww/2023/01/06/ARTI1672991032016313.shtml
[12] Firmly grasp the basic direction of building an agricultural power, CRN: http://www.crnews.net/pl/bwtg/953707_20230317065052.html
[13] Han Heyuan: China’s policy of returning forests to farmland should be slowed down, Xaobao: https://www.zaobao.com.sg/forum/views/story20230426-1387377
[14] Ibid.
[15] The world food crisis is about to get worse, Politico: https://www.politico.eu/article/world-food-crisis-ukraine-russia-war-global-warming-united-nations/
[16] 122 million more people pushed into hunger since 2019 due to multiple crises, reveals UN report, WHO: https://www.who.int/news/item/12-07-2023-122-million-more-people-pushed-into-hunger-since-2019-due-to-multiple-crises--reveals-un-report
[17] Deeply study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important expositions on national food security, NDRC: https://www.ndrc.gov.cn/xwdt/ztzl/srxxgcxjpjjsx/xjpjjsxjyqk/202308/t20230804_1359201.html
[18] Strengthen the foundation of food security in an all-round way (Economic Daily, August 29, 10th edition), http://www.moa.gov.cn/ztzl/ymksn/jjrbbd/202308/t20230829_6435335.htm