China is obsessed with food security. Climate change will challenge it
Extreme weather in China is a harbinger of challenges to come
In the maize-producing areas around the city of Chengde, in northern China, the heat arrived early this year. With it came drought, the worst in decades. The needle-shaped leaves on the region’s pine trees are turning brown. Worse, much of its maize is now stunted.
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This article appeared in the China section of the print edition under the headline “A growing problem”
From the July 15th 2023 edition
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