但在中国,猪肉短缺(以及人们所担心的其对经济其它部分的影响)被当作一种近似于国家紧急状态的事情来看待。猪肉是中国人食用的主要肉类,同时食品占家庭预算的比重很大,
对通货膨胀的担忧,助长更广泛的不满情绪,这触及了中国统治者对于大规模动荡和政权存亡问题最切身的恐惧。20年前,通货膨胀最终导致了1989年天安门广场示威游行。最近数周,一些报道称,在安徽和广东,一些愤怒的学生抗议食堂菜价上涨和菜量减少。即便在北京、上海等富裕城市中心,食品价格上涨也在招致不满。
中国共产党不会忘记,他们能够于1949年上台执政,很大程度上得益于严重的通胀灾难,这场灾难摧毁了其对手国民党的可信度。中国共产党在上台后的头几年里,致力于驯服通胀这头猛兽。
在这种背景下,难怪中国政府会指示地方统计机构,不要使用“通胀”字眼来描述近来价格的大幅上涨。国家统计局官员表示,他们没有收到任何这方面的“正式指示”,但他们补充称,据他们理解,在谈及涨价问题时应该使用“过快”或“过热”,而不要使用“通胀”字眼。
但他们承认,如果官方通胀数据升至10%以上,他们就别无选择,只能采用其真正的名称了。
In any other country, people will be pork shortage as a temporary phenomenon and ignored, as prices rose in pork production increase, in which a cycle of "pig cycle" (hog cycle), the arrival of another round cycle can solve this problem.
In China, however, the shortage of pork (and people are worried about the other part of its economic impact) as a matter of national emergency akin to view. Chinese consumption of pork is the main meat, the food at the same time the proportion of household budgets great,
Inflation fears and encourage more widespread discontent, which hit China's rulers for a large-scale turbulence and political survival of the most immediate problem of fear. 20 years ago, inflation eventually led to the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations. In recent weeks, some reports said that in Anhui and Guangdong, some angry students protesting farm prices and food canteens reduction. Even in Beijing, Shanghai and other affluent urban centers, food prices also lead to dissatisfaction.
The Communist Party of China will never forget that they were able to power in 1949, largely due to greater inflation disaster, the disaster has destroyed the credibility of its rival Kuomintang. After the Chinese Communist Party came to power in the first few years, the first to tame this beast of inflation.
In this context, it is understandable that the Chinese government will instruct the local statistical agencies, not to use "inflation" word to describe the recent sharp rise in prices. The State Statistical Bureau officials said they have not received any such "official instructions", but they added that, according to their understanding, in talking about the issue should increase the use of "excessive" or "overheating", and not to use "inflation" word.
But they acknowledged that if the official inflation data rose to more than 10%, they will have no choice but to use their real names were.