re: China just cancelled all flights and trains in/out of Wuhan

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so, im starting to read that some of this is based on the local population eating things they shouldnt be eating, like rats and wild wolves. Is that a China gonna China thing or is it a the government is broke so they cant police these things like they usually do kinda thing?

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The government is broke because China is out of pork. Pork is the staple source of protein in most of China. They produce a lot of it, but also rely some on imports, especially for soybeans. A massive disease outbreak killed off half their hogs and the trade war with the U.S. cut them off from imports. The price of food more than doubled in the cities. What forced China to the negotiating table is that people in the provinces are starving because the country is running out of meat.

If I had to guess, what is happening in Wuhan is due to eating infected animals or resorting to unclean animals due to the shortages. The bad meat is making people very sick.

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Is that a China gonna China thing or is it a the government is broke so they cant police these things like they usually do kinda thing?

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Might have something to do with a swine flu harming a large % of pig farms in Asia the last year or two.