China has gone into a soft form of food rationing nationwide, as UN warns of worst global food crisis in 50 yrs. Everyone from Alibaba's Jack Ma to elementary students under pressure to comply. Some restaurants switch to half-portions, others issue fines. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-food-shortage-clean-plate/2020/10/02/578daa0e-0223-11eb-b92e-029676f9ebec_story.html

Pork prices are just crazy this year. And China has depleted its corn reserves. There is still enough food for folks to eat in China, but not enough for everyone to eat what they want when they want to.

Here are elementary school students at one school in southern China proving they cleaned their plates. They also have to send pics of their dinners at home each day to the school https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/WCMCKEbWAkTvIk8-F_DeSA