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Real Culprits for Global Food Crisis

Samantha Power, Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, has pointed the finger at China for exacerbating the global food crisis by “hoarding” grain. Power made the accusation during her speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a U.S. think tank, on July 18.

Indeed, the world is facing a food crisis. The World Food Program (WFP) warned in April

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