> Is the great Chinese famine relevant to a discussion of colonialism?

It is relevant insofar as it addresses the question of private property and its value as an institution, which is precisely what the chain of comments I replied to was discussing.

I'm not sure why you chose to take issue with my comment, but not those preceding comments.

> The Bengal Famine

Another illustrative example of a famine caused by State policies and lack of respect for people's private property: Japanese raids and destruction of merchant ships, government-ordered destruction of rice stocks, trade barriers, the "rice denial" and "boat denial" policies, refusal of imports, etc.