later in the show. doctors who questioned the vaccine, the lockdown, mask, they were excoriated by big pharma s poodles. people who spoken up against the lockdown policy, we ve all been on the receiving end of tremendous pressure within the university to try to keep us silent. i said vaccine mandates are wrong. nothing that crazy, but they went after me. the same day they announced they would have a mass vaccination program. they slapped me with a lawsuit. laura: courageous health professionals were driven underground. doctors, big medicine led by tony fauci was using its brand and pedigree to terrify
the main reason behind the slowdown was sluggish food prices. while many countries continue to struggle with the cost of living crisis, china s strict lockdown policy over the past couple of years has kept prices under control. is that ta reason why? let s get an expert view. joining me now is iris pang, who s the chief greater china economist at ing. based in hong kong. good to talk to you. the inflation figures coming out of china couldn t be more different to what we are experiencing in the us and uk and europe. talk about china isn t seeing rising food prices in the way we are? the first thing is the china has a high basist rate from last year, if you remember from crisis was very high last year and this year it was the same basic facts. that makes china food prices actually lower. but
the consumer price index for march rose by 0.7% on an annual basis. the main reason behind the slowdown was sluggish food prices. while many countries continue to struggle with the cost of living crisis, china s strict lockdown policy over the past couple of years has kept prices under control. allan von mehren, chief analyst and china specialist at danske bank, explained what lies ahead for china. we are seeing signs that activity is picking up, especially the service sector. people are going out more, looking to travel again and these things. there are definitely signs that demand is picking up but it isjust coming from a very low level, so there is room for demand to grow quite a bit without spurring any inflationary pressures in china. right now the task in china is really to get growth going, to get demand up and inflation is only going to be a problem maybe down the road,
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