Does China's ‘going out’ strategy prefigure a new food regime?

China's new Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is commanding attention, in this moment of international disorder, as a global strategy reflecting its growing political-economic power. This essay offers a ‘food regime’ lens on these developments. There are two, related, dimensions: the first concerns how China is addressing future food security requirements, via domestic and international food provisioning; and the second situates China's recent ‘going out’ policy with respect to global food regime transitioning.