China Mobile mass text: Stop panic buying of SALT and report anyone who does to the authorities!

[link to www.latimes.com]

I'm an expat in Taiyuan, Shanxi. Yesterday I received word of panic buying of iodized salt in this city. Pulled this link from the L.A. Times this morning. Around noon received a mass text stating the above message sent in Chinese to my mobile phone. The text said not to believe false rumors, and that China has enough salt for all.

People don't queue here. Trying to get on a bus, buying a train ticket, ordering food at a KFC, registering with the nurse at any local hospital, or purchasing from a convenience store involves pushing and shoving. If you don't stand nut to butt with the person in front of you, thrusting your money out at arms length, someone will forcefully wedge between you, and you will lose your place in the battle to do your transaction.

This Reuters photo could be at any event involving a transaction in this city, not necessarily (in this case) the panic buying of salt at a wholesale market.