China tries to speed up food shipments to rein in inflation

BEIJING (AP): China's government issued a wide-reaching order to speed up food shipments to markets as bad winter lashing much of the country hampered efforts to rein in persisting inflation. 

The order, issued late Friday and published in state media Saturday, calls on police, railway bureaus and even gas stations to do all they can to ensure timely delivery of food supplies after snow and ice storms clogged roads, cut electricity and delayed deliveries.