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Chinese famine of 1928-1930

The famine of china in 1928-1930 is just one of many famines which happened in China, it is worthy to be discussed because the effect of this famine is serious and it ruined citizen’s lives, in addition, the people died in the famine is countless. Famine is a disaster all over the world. It not only happens in China or Asia, or some poor, developing areas, it also happens in developed countries such as Europe. There are many reasons which can lead to famines, generally, conflict, climate change, and inequality are the main causes. Most famines are caused by only one factor, but in the Chinese famine in 1928-1930, it contains more than 3 factors that can lead to the famine. This famine can be a case to analyze the characters of famines. The results and effect of the famine is also worthy to be considered. There are a great number of people that died in the famine. The article is going to analyze the case of the Chinese famine in 1928-1930 to have a better command of the causes, characters, and effect of famines.

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 * Chinese famine of 1928-1930
 * History of famines in the far east
 * The risky of famines in present and future

Chinese famine of 1928-1930

As to the article in zhongguo qingnian wang, ("话说民国十八年（1928）的大饥荒")it described the brief situation about the Chinese famine in 1928-1930. The famine broke out in 1928, at first, it is because of the nature disaster, the drought and extreme rainy day and snow day makes there were no corn to get. At the same time, the war broke out, which lead to the most food handed over to the government and army. Citizen had no food to live on. In addition, the war led to the result that there are many corpses, which can cause pestilence, also, the government didn’t take the effective measures to deal with the situation. Under the multiple influences of natural disasters, wars, and epidemics, at least 13 million people lost their life in the famine. Additionally, Li, Lilian also pointed out that the environment and market in west china is a great factor which led to the famine. (Fighting famine in North China: state, market, and environmental decline, 1690s-1990s )

History of famines in the far east

The Chinese famine can be a symbol of famines that happened in china. Refer to the history of famines in the far east, it can tell we more about the information about the famines in the worlds, not only in china. Bieleman, Jan introduced the condition of the Dutch agriculture in his essay named “Dutch Agriculture in the Golden Age, 1570–1660" (Bieleman, Jan). In the article, he listed the advantages of the Dutch agriculture from two sides, the coastal provinces and inland provinces. The nature condition is benefit for the agriculture. There is ocean around Dutch and the climate is mild. Compared to north china, north china is far away from the sea, so it is lack of rain, which is more possible to suffer from the drought disaster. Another case is Scotland. According to the book which written by Karen J. Cullen, the book examined the climate and economy condition of Scotland. (Cullen) It focuses on the effect of famine on people in Scotland who suffered the famine. The famine led to the decrease of the living quality, in addition, the market economy decreased because of the famine. The famine in Scotland proved that even in the developed countries, there are famines to be happened and the famines are not only happened in poor and developing areas. The common characters of famines can also be found in the book.

The risky of famines in present and future

After examined the Chinese famine in 1928-1930 and history of famines in the far east, it is necessary to look up to the condition present. According to the article named COVID 19 Today and China's Great Famine (COVID 19 Today and China's Great Famine ), it referred to the famine of china in 1956-1960, and pointed out that famine is caused by the government didn’t take powerful measurement. In the high light of that, in nowadays, government should take effective measurements to deal with the covid-19. If the government still refused to learn from the mistakes before to find a way to survive, there will be a new famine which because of the covid-19. It can be seen that the Chinese government took the measurement that block the areas where have cases. For example, shanghai was blocked for more than one month, the problem of shortage of food has already happens. In addition, the article COVID-19 Brief: Impact on Food Security also pointed out that the problem of covid-19 is not only caused the shortage of food supply (Brief Analysis of the Impact of the COVID-19 Epidemic on China's Food Security in 2020 ). It also led to the increase in price of daily necessities such as gas. in shanghai, a basket of vegetable worth hundreds of RMB, which is impossible for citizens to afford. It is not only happened in china, but it also happens in all over the word, including Europe and such developed areas. It can be a warning that if the government still not take correct measurements to deal with the pandemic, there will be a new famine soon. In addition, the war in Ukraine made lot of people lose their home and the market became more not optimistic.

Reference

''"话说民国十八年（1928）的大饥荒". Zhōngguó Qīngnián Wǎng 中国青年网 (in Chinese). 28 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2017-08-02. Retrieved 2017-08-02.''

Li, Lilian (2007). Fighting Famine in North China: State, Market and Environmental Decline, 1690s-1990s. Stanford University Press. p. 284.

Bieleman, Jan. "Dutch Agriculture in the Golden Age, 1570–1660" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2010.

Karen J. Cullen (2010). Famine in Scotland: The 'Ill Years' of the 1690s. Edinburgh University Press. p. 20. ISBN 0-7486-3887-3

"COVID 19 Today and China's Great Famine". The Globalist. 16 May 2020.

COVID-19 Brief: Impact on Food Security. usglc.org. April 2022