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China’s cabinet said on Wednesday that it would temporarily intervene in the market to curb price rises of basic necessities like food, underlining its concern over mounting inflationary pressures.<\/p>\n
China is currently facing its worst consumer inflation in 11 years, driven largely by soaring food prices. Inflation has sometimes been a source of social unrest. With immediate effect, producers of daily necessities that are above a certain size will have to get government approval before raising their prices, a regular meeting of the State Council chaired by Premier Wen Jiabao <\/a>concluded. [Full Text] <\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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