Food shortages in China have scared the ruling communist regime, which announced on July 13 that two officials responsible for the nation’s food security are under investigation. On July 9, leader Xi Jinping ordered the regime to make food supply concerns a national security issue while recent data has shown that China has been increasing grain imports which has pushed up global prices, impacting the food security of many poor regions. “Forty-five countries, including 34 in Africa, nine in Asia, and two in Latin America and the Caribbean, are in need of external assistance for food,” reported the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on July 8. As for China, its food shortage issues may worsen in the near future with heavy rain recently causing flood damage to farming areas in more than ten provinces including southwestern Sichuan and central Henan. Summer is a critical period for Chinese agriculture as the crops need solid …