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\nThe New York Times reports that the government will freeze energy prices, while also setting price controls on other key consumer goods<\/a>, in an effort to curb inflation:\n<\/p>\n

\nPrime Minister Wen Jiabao responded Wednesday to growing public anxiety about inflation <\/a>by announcing that China would freeze energy prices in the near term, even as international crude oil futures have continued to surge.<\/p>\n

Inflation has hit an 11-year high in China, and a recent nationwide public opinion survey found that “rising prices of consumer goods” ranked as the top public concern, followed by income inequality and corruption. [Full text]<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The New York Times reports that the government will freeze energy prices, while also setting price controls on other key consumer goods, in an effort to curb inflation: Prime Minister Wen Jiabao responded Wednesday to growing public anxiety about inflation by announcing that China would freeze energy prices in the near term, even as international […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1094,5662],"class_list":["post-16480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","tag-inflation","tag-oil-prices","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\nChina to Freeze Energy Prices in an Effort to Quell Worries About Inflation - Jim Yardley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/01\/china-to-freeze-energy-prices-in-an-effort-to-quell-worries-about-inflation-jim-yardley\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"China to Freeze Energy Prices in an Effort to Quell Worries About Inflation - 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