‘BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) — Soaring food prices, which the World Bank says have hit “dangerous levels,” have thrust the issue of food security sharply into the global spotlight over the past week.’
Worth noting in this article is a counter charge to frequent critiques by Geithner and others of Chinese currency valuation policy:
‘The U.S. Federal Reserve is driving up food prices by cranking up its dollar printing presses and devaluing its own currency. As the U.S. website of Business Insider puts it: “The food crisis is a dollar crisis.”‘