Hong Kong/Seoul (CNN Business) China is telling families to stock up on food and other daily essentials as bad weather, energy shortages and Covid-19 restrictions threaten to disrupt supplies. The agency also urged local authorities to make sure that people have an "adequate supply" of essentials this winter into next spring. China has stressed the importance of shoring up food and other daily supplies in the past — including in September, ahead of a major weeklong holiday period. But those statements are usually very obviously intended for local authorities to read, and rarely capture the attention of everyday citizens. The inclusion of language in this statement that mentions families, though, appears to be putting people on edge.

Source: CNN November 03, 2021 02:42 UTC