Chinese Consumers Shocked by 78 Percent Price Increase on Fruit

A fruit vendor takes a nap at a market in Shanghai on June 9, 2013. Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images

Recently, an expert from the nonprofit organization Chinese Nutrition Society posted an article that suggested that every adult should eat one pound of vegetables and a half-pound of fruit every day.

In the comment section of the article, many Chinese netizens posted the same feedback: “We cannot afford it.”