As one nuclear power plant in Japan was damaged in a massive earthquake two weeks ago,radiation is still beening emitted in the atmosphere.There was a panic in China that the radiation will drift through the sea or air from Japan to China.Therefore,some greedy businessmen took advantage of the panic to seek excessive profits.They preached that Iodine in the common salt could protect people from the harms of radiation,and then they raised salt price by reserving huge amount of salt.In order to be immune from threat of the coming radiation,citizens living in the coastal cities started to purchase salt immoderately, which again improved salt price.This event got into vicious cycle.Salt became out of stock in some coastal cities,especially in Hang Zhou.People in these cities plunged into further panic because salt price increased continually and it was harder and harder for them to buy salt.

    Netizens were interested in making fun of the "salt panic".My friend said to me secretly the other day "Hi,man.Guess what?I have two packages of salt,and i want to exchange an apartment in the center of the city.HoHo!"As we all know that house price in cities in China is very expensive for citizens,i answered him "No,that is in vain.You can exchange your salt with an apartment in the suburb at most.But i can afford an apartment in the urban area because i have three packages of salt.Hahaha……”“You profiteer.Now i'm a cop and i will arrest you!" "Have mercy on me,sir.If you condone me,i will give you one package in exchange." "No.Only two packages will be oK" "As you wish,you vicious cop" "Hahaha……"This kind of funny stories happened every now and then among my friends.

   However,the government responsed to the "salt panic" immediately and made several policies to guarantee providing of salt in the  coastal cities.And some greedy merchantmen were soon arrested for rumor mongering.

    Those disaster profiteers will be punished by God because of their disgrace behaviours.

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  • Provoking mass psychosis is quite dangerous,but people can be manupulated so easily in case of emergency!

     

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