Considerable investments in agriculture have enabled China's farmers to produce high volumes of staple crops, allowing the country to achieve a roughly one-to-one ratio of production and consumption of grains.
I believe the answer is A. Because "Pop Culture" is the spread of a common culture that many people in the world no matter where they live can relate with. And as pop culture became more and more prevalent it seemed like the world was becoming a smaller place because of the shared interest within Pop culture.
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The British were able to undermine the advantage the French enjoyed by cutting off French shipping to the Americas. The patriots saw taxation as something that should be avoided, which they thought would threaten their prosperity and liberty. The patriots also saw themselves as equal to the British parliament.