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Updated: 2007-07-18 07:04
Noodle breakfast
Comments on Liu Shinan's column "Correct, timely government intervention"
(China Daily, July 11)
This plan will make things even worse for the people of Lanzhou.
Suppose you are a restaurant owner in Lanzhou who is told to charge no
more than 2.5 yuan for a bowl of noodles.
The only way to stay in business is to hold down the cost of ingredients.
So with grain prices rising this month in China and the wholesale cost of
your noodles going up, the only option is to cut either the amount or the
quality of the beef going into the bowl.
That just reduces the protein content of an already skimpy product.
The result is an even less nutritious breakfast. More empty carbohydrates
from white flour and less protein from less beef.
Looking forward to more students and office workers falling asleep in the
mornings in Lanzhou as the quality of their breakfast goes down.
Wang
On the China Daily website
If it's not the market price, it won't last long. The points you raised
are not quite enough to justify government intervention.
Mike
On the China Daily website
I agree with the comments about the price of food and other items at
airports in China.
As in Lanzhou, the government ought to put in place some measures. It is
not so much about monopolizing the price, but about protecting consumers
from unlawful price hikes.
Ben
On the China Daily website
The beef noodle market in Lanzhou should become a monopoly? This is quite
ridiculous.
The government should focus on public security. Your proposed
intervention into the daily market mechanism will definitely distort it.
Sanmao
On the China Daily website
An excellent article! To expand on it, health, food, education and
transportation should all have some form of government control.
If left to "market forces", we'd have the worst aspects of human nature
influencing those essential areas cited above. It's not what we want.
Mopy
On the China Daily website
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(China Daily 07/18/2007 page11)
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