Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping expressed concern about a food crisis at a recent meeting, despite the official media reporting 18 consecutive years of good harvests in China. Xi noted that “arable land is still decreasing,” according to official media CPC News on Dec. 12, citing Xi’s speech at a Dec. 8 economic work conference, “Some places have a lot of good lands where they don’t grow grain … so what about grain?” “China’s grain production has been bountiful for at least 18 consecutive years,” claimed state-run China National Radio on Dec. 1. The Bureau of Statistics released the data showing total grain production in 2021 reached a record 682.85 million tons, a rise of 13.36 million tons, or 2.0 percent, compared with last year. The official data, which likely failed to assure Xi, also calls into question whether it is more likely to be the “CCP’s usual political propaganda …