Tuesday, November 2, 2021

China's Government Issues Statement Telling Local Authorities To Stock Up On Food And Other Supplies

Bloomberg: China Urges Stocking Up Ahead of Winter, Prompting Worries Online 

 (Bloomberg) -- A statement from China’s government urging local authorities to ensure there was adequate food supply during the winter and encouraging people to stock up on some essentials prompted concerned talk online, with people linking it with the widening coronavirus outbreak, a forecast cold snap, or even rising tensions with Taiwan. 

The Ministry of Commerce urged local authorities to stabilize prices and ensure supplies of daily necessities including vegetables this winter and next spring, according to a statement Monday evening. Chinese households were also encouraged to stock up on a certain amount of daily necessities in preparation for the winter months or emergencies.  

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WNU Editor: I stock up on food and supplies because I am worried about the future. 

So why is Beijing worried? 

Covid? Crop and food shortages? Economic hard times and inflation? War?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

End of money's gold food world on fire

Anonymous said...

Trump had near full employment of everybody from whites to hispanics to blacks. He had energy independence too.

Democrats and PhDs did not like it. Not one bit. So they stuffed ballot boxes.

How do you feel now you dumb saltines?

Anonymous said...

>Covid? Crop and food shortages? Economic hard times and inflation? War?

The third one.

Jac said...

China didn't call for stocking food when Covid came, there is little link with economy, so....maybe war.