Remarkably, both complexes' territorial splinters have similar origins, in what were essentially self-sufficient agricultural units.
China has been essentially self-sufficient in grain for decades, for national security reasons.
"We're essentially self-sufficient in terms of revenue right now as we grow our business and customers".
But it is a fact that during the last 40 years the countries of this so-called triad have become essentially self-sufficient except for petroleum.
And if China does become a large importer of wheat — it imports a lot of soybeans but tries to be essentially self-sufficient in rice and other grains for national security reasons — then it could push up world prices and make it harder for poor countries to afford food imports.
That similarity, along with clues from bone structures inside the fossils, has now yielded the first clear evidence that hatchlings of at least some of the largest dinosaurs were essentially self-sufficient, scaled-down adults.
"We are basically self-sufficient in energy.
The worries go beyond China, which has essentially been self-sufficient in grain for decades.
"We are pretty self sufficient.
To be self sufficient within three months.
