China On The Brink - Fuel

When Fuel Prices Rise in the Land of Production

Michael R. Jeffers — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:47:41 -0600

Editor's Note: Excerpts from this story appear in the August 2008 edition of the China Economic Review. The article can be found here (subscription required).

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Katie Hayes — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:51:26 -0600

Ms. Shen and her husband, truckdrivers from Shandon province, plan to cut cost by skipping dinner while on the high road.

China Hikes Domestic Fuel Prices

Michael R. Jeffers — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:51:22 -0600

A day after I wrote my blog about the fuel shortages caused by China’s artificially low state-controlled prices, the government raised the price of diesel by 18 percent, the equivalent of $3.83 a gallon.