date:Apr 10, 2013
xcessive banqueting and gift-giving that is often linked to corruption.
Much of the drop in the headline CPI was explained by softer food prices which economists say are normalising after February's Lunar New Year seasonal spike, rather than reflecting any major impact from a bird flu outbreak and a pork scare after thousands of dead pigs were dumped in a Shanghai river in March.
Pork prices did fall at their fastest annual rate in three months in March, but the 5.5 percent drop was a half to