Food security is fundamentally about the ongoing availability of food. It’s a global issue yet one that disproportionally affects China as its population urbanises, food-supply chains remain under-regulated and it’s economy transitions to consumer-led growth.
This PowerPoint was created in tandem with my June 2014 oral presentation on China's food security. You can find a transcript of that speech (Chinese language) here:
http://www.tylergleason.io/china_food_security/
4. “粮票”
Food rationing coupons were issued in 1955 to buy foodstuffs, fuel, televisions,
bicycles and other commodities. Without the coupons, you couldn’t purchase
anything.
In the 1970s, a meat coupon could only buy you 250 grams of meat per month.