Food prices in China rise as economy stalls | World News, The Indian Express

Food prices in China rise as economy stalls | World News, The Indian Express

By New York Times |Beijing |Published: June 4, 2019 2:39:01 pm

Food prices in China rise as economy stalls

Apart from food, China does not appear to have a broader inflation problem. But rising food costs have become the talk of China. Government officials are reassuring the country that food supplies are plentiful, even as they take steps to stabilize prices.

A vegetable market in Beijing on May 20, 2019. Already grappling with a slowing economy and President Trump’s trade war, Beijing now has to worry about the rising price of food. (Lam Yik Fei/The New York Times)

Written by Alexandra Stevenson and Keith Bradsher