As a engineer, I am very interested in calculating China food security and did a lot of calculations from the raw data I can get. More big dams is needed in Yellow river so that water are not wasted into the sea.
Inner Mongolia desert can plant more if there is more water ration.
A lot of Yunnan terrace rice plantation should be converted to Rubber. It preserve the soil better.
Rubber is another choke for China. Synthetic Rubber performance is poor compared to latex.
Xinjiang is incredibly productive even if it is a desert due to abundant sunlight. Need water from Brahmaputera.
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