China is apparently experiencing major gasoline shortages
The Chinese government has sent thousands of police to petrol stations in the southern city of Guangzhou to prevent social unrest as drivers scramble to fill their tanks, the Hong Kong Economic Times reported on Thursday.
The paper said authorities had sent a large number of public security officers as well as paramilitary police to fuel stations amid fears that the latest fuel shortage could spark social instability.
“Several thousand public security officers and paramilitary police have been stationed at the 547 filling stations across Guangzhou in recent days,” the paper said
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