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China Not Telling Public to 'Hurry up and Prepare for War': Global Times

CHINA PRESS
MNI (Singapore)

China is not signaling the public that an imminent war on Taiwan is about to start, when the commerce ministry urged local authorities to ensure supply and stable prices of daily necessities, Hu Xijin, the editor-in-chief of government-run Global Times, wrote in a column. The situation across the Taiwan Straits has not escalated to "urgency," and the public may have overinterpreted the ministry's statement, wrote Hu, who comments on a host of issues in the tabloid-sized newspaper owned by the People's Daily, the Communist Party's official mouthpiece. The commerce ministry also encouraged families to store daily necessities, which Hu said is not an indication that they are in shortage. MNI noted that shares of food producers surged by the daily limit on Wednesday as some consumers reportedly began hoarding food and other staples after the ministry's statement on Monday.

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