China has long had this desire to be self-sufficient in food, and it used to be. But about 20 years ago, China stopped producing 77% of what it eats. So if China is stockpiling already, what would you consider an indicator that something's about to change? "We don't know exactly how much they have stockpiled," he says.
Military types need not wait until mass movements of troops to know a conflict is coming. We examine a raft of subtle and not-so-subtle market moves that would precede a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. France’s quiet volte face on the extent of NATO and the European Union will reshape European security (12:04). And how scrapyards are becoming efficient, lucrative disassembly lines (19:41).
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