Grain Prices and Discontent Predicted to Rise in China

An agricultural nation, China might seem to be insulated from concerns that rising food prices would affect political stability.
Grain Prices and Discontent Predicted to Rise in China
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<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/85076979Chinafarmer.jpg" alt="COSTLY TOIL: A farmer bundles dried stalks of wheat in a field in Cangzhou, in China's Hebei Province February 2009. Grain prices are expected to rise presenting China's Communist Party with a dilemma. If the CCP lets the price rise, the urban poor will be negatively affected, if it artificially lowers prices, farmers will face inflation. (Frederic J. Brown/Getty Images)" title="COSTLY TOIL: A farmer bundles dried stalks of wheat in a field in Cangzhou, in China's Hebei Province February 2009. Grain prices are expected to rise presenting China's Communist Party with a dilemma. If the CCP lets the price rise, the urban poor will be negatively affected, if it artificially lowers prices, farmers will face inflation. (Frederic J. Brown/Getty Images)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-1806483"/></a>
COSTLY TOIL: A farmer bundles dried stalks of wheat in a field in Cangzhou, in China's Hebei Province February 2009. Grain prices are expected to rise presenting China's Communist Party with a dilemma. If the CCP lets the price rise, the urban poor will be negatively affected, if it artificially lowers prices, farmers will face inflation. (Frederic J. Brown/Getty Images)
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