Ｓｈｏｕｌｄ ｔｈｅ Ｒａｔｉｏｎ－Ｃｏｕｐｏｎ Ｓｙｓｔｅｍ Ｂｅ Ｒｅｉｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｅｄ ｔｏ Ｃｕｒｂ Ｅｘｃｅｓｓｉｖｅ Ｐｒｉｃｅ Ｈｉｋｅｓ？

Most Chinese teenagers have no memory of the harsh times when coupons were used to buy meat, clothes,cooking oil and grain.They hear the stories from their parents and have little connection with a lifestyle in which almost every essential commodity isin short supply.