Chapter 4146 Are You Stupid?

Who will save Myanmar? This is a topic!

The United Nations has held an emergency meeting to discuss disaster relief operations in Myanmar. [To read the latest chapters of this book, please go to www.mianhuatang.cc] At present, all countries have agreed to provide disaster relief, but most of them have sent rescue teams, medical teams, and donated money and materials, but Myanmar does not have the food it needs most. Of course, it is not to say that there is no food. It's just that the amount is too small. Several countries that are large producers, such as Russia and Ukraine, have promised to donate 1,000 tons or 2,000 tons, but this adds up to only tens of thousands of tons of food. But Myanmar's food shortage is 10 million tons. Of course, this 10 million tons is also a conservative estimate. In fact, the food shortage is at least 15 million tons!

15 million tons of food, the current price is about 10 billion US dollars! This is a bit painful for any country. After all, this is a meat bun hitting a dog! Myanmar is talking about aid and donations. If you donate, do you still expect people to pay it back? What's more, food prices are still rising now. Today it is 10 billion US dollars, but tomorrow it may be 12 billion, or even 15 billion. Nowadays, things are scarce and expensive. With food in short supply, who would provide so much food for aid?

Besides, for these major grain-producing countries, the disaster in Myanmar is only good for them. If Myanmar has no food, the price of food will rise, and they can sell the food at a higher price. Therefore, from the heart, these major grain-producing countries are tacitly aware of Myanmar's rescue. Including the US government, the world's policeman, as one of the world's top ten grain-producing countries, the aid to Myanmar is mostly a token of appreciation. 50,000 tons of food were urgently sent to Myanmar via military aircraft.

50,000 tons, this number sounds scary, but how much can 50,000 tons actually eat? This adult eats about 0.5-0.7 kilograms of food a day on average. According to the calculation that a light-weight person eats 0.5 kilograms of food a day, 50,000 tons of food is enough for 100 million people to eat for a day. ;[] There are 60 million people in Myanmar. The number of people who suffered from the strong tropical storm this time exceeded half of Myanmar's population, and more than two-thirds of the population suffered from famine due to the reduction in national grain production, that is, 40 million people had difficulty eating.

The 50,000 tons of food in the United States can only be eaten by Myanmar for two days. And this also means that these 40 million people are all light manual laborers. What is light manual laborers? It refers to those who sit in offices, and there are very few people sitting in offices in Myanmar. Most of them are farmers facing the loess and back to the sky. Therefore, these 50,000 tons of food are barely enough for two days.

According to the national food reserve security data compiled by the United Nations Food Department, a country's minimum food reserve must meet the national population for 70 days. This is the minimum reserve. If it is less than 70 days, the country may experience sharp price fluctuations, which will cause social unrest. If a country wants to maintain long-term stability, then the food reserve must be at least one year, and the minimum is half a year.

Therefore, facing the minimum demand of 10 million tons.

10 million tons can feed Myanmar for 200 days, which is just over half a year. This is a minimum guarantee. After all, Myanmar is a big agricultural country. Now the farmland in the country has suffered from floods and waterlogging. It is impossible to replant crops in the short term. This time is at least half a year.

It's just that it's really hard to get these 10 million tons together. At least at this time when food prices are rising, no country is willing to donate 10 million tons of food to Myanmar for free. You know, in this world, this is 10 billion US dollars. In the same period last year, it only cost more than 3 billion US dollars. The price difference is too big.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Myanmar is currently suffering from disasters, and more than 40 million Burmese people will face a food crisis. If there is a famine in Myanmar, it will aggravate the current global food crisis, which will make food prices rise even more. The current increase has exceeded 100%, and it may even be 200% or even 300% in the future. And that will be a global disaster!" UN Secretary-General Annan persuaded the representatives of various countries who came to participate in the meeting.

However, Annan's persuasion had no effect. Those ordinary countries naturally called for it, but as the world's major grain-producing countries, they all remained silent. If they don't express their views, no matter how much you other countries say, it will be in vain.

"Representative Ball, the United States has always been the backbone of maintaining world peace, and now we need the power of the United States even more. Representative Ball, I hope the US government can set an example and can provide more strength to help Myanmar." Annan had no choice but to aim the breakthrough at the US government. As long as the breakthrough is opened from the United States, everything will be easy. If the United States expresses its views, I believe other grain-producing countries will also express their views.

Not to mention making up the gap of 10 million tons, if there is 5 million tons of grain, Myanmar will be better off. And as long as Myanmar survives this crisis, then after being soaked by the flood, the grain that has rotted in the fields before will fertilize the fields. Next year's output will definitely be a bumper harvest. Then the international grain price will also fall and return to normal. As for why Annan is like this, it's very simple. He is also thinking about Africa.

Compared with the governments of other countries in other continents, Africa may not need oil, or even medicine, but Africa cannot be without food. And saving Myanmar is also saving Africa! Annan is not ignorant of the principle of lips and teeth being cold.

Samantha Power, the US representative to the United Nations, was dismissive of Annan's earnest words.

"Secretary General, it's not that our US government is unwilling to help Myanmar. In fact, this time our country has made the greatest efforts to help Myanmar. We have provided 50,000 tons of food, 30,000 tons of other supplies, and medicines worth more than $100 million. Our US government's rescue efforts are the greatest among all countries. You know, in fact, since this year, various disaster weathers have occurred frequently around the world, and several states such as New York and California have also been affected by extreme weather. Although our country is the most developed country in the world, its capacity is also limited." Representative Power said lightly, "To treat Myanmar, we cannot rely solely on our country. I think the Chinese government should have a lot of food. Look, Lin Feng, a Chinese businessman, has donated more than $3 billion in food to Africa. Secretary General, your country is also the target of Lin Feng's donation. I think, maybe we can let the Chinese government and Lin Feng do more! Isn't there a good man named Lei Feng in their country? Isn't the whole country calling for learning from Lei Feng! I think it's time for China to carry forward the spirit of Lei Feng!"

Power's words were extremely vicious. You know, China is also a disaster-stricken country at present. Although it is not as bad as Myanmar, the entire Central Plains of China was hit by heavy rains, and the national grain production decreased by more than 50%. China has the largest population in the world, and China has never been a major grain exporter, but a major grain importer.

Yes, you are right, China has always been a major grain importer. China is only a major grain producer, not a major grain exporter. Due to its large population and the rise of biofuels in recent years, China imports more than 100 million tons of grain every year. It is the only major grain producer and importer in the world, an extreme combination. It can be said that in this food crisis, as long as China protects itself and does not seek help from the international community, it is a blessing for the international community.

Now Ball can still promote the spirit of Lei Feng in the Chinese government, which is nakedly disgusting. This is signing for China and Lin Feng.

"Representative Ball, our government has also encountered a once-in-a-century rainstorm. Several traditional rice-producing areas have suffered serious production shortages during this disaster." The Chinese representative groaned. Although he was very unhappy with the American representative, he couldn't let him go for the sake of face. There was no way, this was what the higher-ups had told him. After a groan, the Chinese representative looked at the representatives of other grain exporting countries and said, "But even if our government encounters various difficulties, it will, in the spirit of humanitarianism, do its utmost to help the Myanmar government overcome this difficulty."

Stupid! American representative Samantha Ball secretly sneered. But this also achieved the wishes of the US government. This casual sentence squeezed the Chinese government to make a promise. And in terms of the Chinese government's previous "stupid bird behavior", this donation is by no means a minority. And this will inevitably delay China's development. Although it has nothing to do with the overall situation, if it comes here and there, China's development will be delayed for many years. This is conducive to consolidating the United States' international hegemony. Anyway, it's just an opening, and it's very cost-effective.

"Delegates of various countries, when I came here this time, our leaders said that they would do their best to rescue Myanmar. Therefore, my country will take out the national treasury's reserve grain and donate 10 million tons of grain to the Myanmar government to help it overcome the difficulties!" The Chinese representative paused for a moment and locked his eyes on Russia, Ukraine and other grain exporting countries, "I hope that major grain exporting countries can take out more reserve grain to help countries around the world overcome this food crisis. Avoid the continued deterioration of the food crisis and let illegal businessmen make unscrupulous money!"

FUCK! Representatives from Russia and other countries cursed secretly. You are stupid. If you are willing to take out money to rescue Myanmar, that's your business. Why are you stupid and have to take us with you? Now there is a food crisis, which is a good thing, a good thing to make money. But you asked us to take out the reserve grain. Is it so easy to take out the reserve grain? And now the food price is high, isn't that good? They can take the opportunity to make more money. This is just like OPEC, which keeps raising oil prices and even uses production restrictions to raise oil prices. Tell me, why do they want to use it for disaster relief at this time!

You are a fucking idiot! (To be continued.)