economy - Rice price hike hits China - WSJ

Prices for rice have gone up unexpectedly in some Chinese cities and the government has stepped in by increasing the rice supply, writes the Wall Street Journal. (Subscription required)
The Liangyou Group - China's largest rice supplier - will start today to deliver 600 million metric ton of rice per day into the market. The price rise occured first in Nanjing, but other cities now also take measures.