Before the cold set in, the government had attempted to buy time in its fight against inflation by trying to reimpose long-discarded price controls on food and other measures.

• 在寒流来袭之前，中国政府曾试图通过众多举措，包括对食品重新实施废弃已久的价格控制，为自己抑制通胀的努力赢得更多的时间。