China: The history of hunger

from Nobel Peace Center · host Nobels Fredssenter

Half of all the people who died of starvation in the world after 1870 were Chinese. China is vulnerable to floods, drought, and bad leadership, historian and writer Torbjørn Færeøvik explain. Hear him explain the role of hunger in China's history in this podcast, a part of the Nobel Peace Prize Exhibition 2020, about the Nobel Peace Prize laureate WFP (World Food Program) and food as a weapon of war. By: Ingvill Bryn Rambøl

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