Why do Taiwanese people rob toilet paper
4hw.com.cn: Recently, Taiwan has witnessed a spectacle. The whole people on the island began to rob toilet paper, and the situation is getting worse. The toilet paper on the shelf was sold out in a rush. What's the reason? Why do Taiwanese rob toilet paper? Let's have a look.
Over the past few days, a 'spectacle' has swept the island, and it has become increasingly fierce: the whole people rob toilet paper. For a while, toilet paper was out of stock and the shelves were empty. Although Taiwan authorities continue to carry out "confidence shouting" and even request by administrative order that "no price increase shall be made before the middle of March", it is still difficult to stop the "nationwide campaign to rob toilet paper". The "toilet paper mess" has not only become the headlines of the island's media, but also attracted the attention of many international media.
Someone summed up vividly: there was Luoyang paper price in ancient times. These days, the greetings of Taiwanese meeting have become 'have you bought toilet paper yet? In the face of the embarrassment of "one paper is hard to ask", many people point the finger at Tsai ing Wen government. According to the public opinion, in addition to the ineffective response to the events, the DPP authorities have been focusing on political struggle and ignoring the people's livelihood, making the people lose confidence in the economy and hope for the future. If the DPP government can't cope with this wave of people's biological price fluctuations, it is likely to change from a 'cabbage government' to a 'toilet paper government' -- it will be discarded after use, the Taiwan Times said on Tuesday.
In the face of the continuous fermentation of "paper grabbing", Taiwan's top management finally can't sit down. On the morning of the 27th, Lai Qingde, Taiwan's chief executive, said that the supply of toilet paper in the island is not in danger, the price will be stable and reasonable, and there will be no big fluctuation. He called on the people not to panic, and there must be a solution. In the afternoon, Taiwan's "presidential office" also said that: all products are in normal supply without shortage; the authorities and responsible departments will continue to monitor the prices of relevant materials to ensure the stability of supply and demand; if there is a joint price increase, it will be referred to the Fair Trade Commission for investigation.
Before this, Taiwan's' Ministry of economy 'and other departments have repeatedly carried out' confidence shouting '. According to the green camp media, local prosecutors across Taiwan have also launched a campaign to search for "paper worms" who may hoard goods and bid up prices.
How exaggerated is the "paper grabbing scandal"? It can be seen from some pictures focused by Taiwan media. In the video, dozens of people rushed to buy toilet paper just after it was put on the shelves of a shopping mall. Almost everyone left with two bags of restricted purchase. The whole process took only about 16 seconds, and toilet paper was all killed in seconds. Some netizens look silly and exclaim, 'is it a riot? '
The tide is so strong that some rich people who are not poor in money are also involved. Some extreme examples exposed by Taiwan media show that some people drive Bentley, Mercedes Benz and other luxury cars to participate in the rush purchase, and the seats in the car are full of toilet paper. "Global Times" special correspondent's mobile phone also received all kinds of ridicule: "who is in charge of the world's affairs, now the only thing Taiwanese care about is how to grab toilet paper"; "the ruling miracle of the Democratic Progressive Party: the national campaign to grab toilet paper" & hellip; & hellip;
An article on Taiwan's lianhe.com on the 27th linked the campaign of "grabbing toilet paper" with Venezuela, which had suffered from material shortage caused by severe recession. The author wrote: 'familiar scene, I think I'm going to cry'. As the "toilet paper mess" has attracted the attention of the international media, some scholars on the island said that the DPP should take practical measures to stabilize the price rise, and not let the picture of the whole people robbing toilet paper spread to the world.
The immediate cause of the whole Taiwan's rampant scramble for toilet paper is that affected by the rise in international pulp prices, the islanders recently announced that the price of toilet paper will rise in March, up between 10% and 30%. What's more worrying, Taiwan's today news network said, is that when the price of toilet paper is ready to move, many chain beverage stores, hotpot stores and other stores are also planning to raise the price again. This is the first time that prices have fluctuated in an all-round way since the new law of "one case one break" was launched at the beginning of last year.