China's retail prices rose 18.5% in 1988

In 1988, the national overall retail price index rose by about 18.5%, the first inflation peak since the reform and opening-up, and a wave of panic buying occurred that year.

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2026-09-25 01:14 · 一个狠人发布了新视频：中共不是不想朝鮮化，是付不起。配給制一開財政先死，世襲一動幾百萬官僚的股份清零。這根改革開放插上的管子，一頭連著它的財政，一頭連著幾億人的房貸，拔管等於自殺。它只能管子照插，把護士換成獄警。

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深度剖析：1988年价格闯关

2026-10-06 22:26 · 最终，1988年全年零售物价总指数上涨了18.5%，是改革开放以来的第一个通胀高峰。

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1988年物价飞涨、人民币贬值_文学城

2026-10-06 22:26 · 1988年中国出现了改革开放后最严重的一轮高通货膨胀，官方零售物价总水平全年上涨约18.5%，职工生活费用价格上涨约20.7%，部分城市和月份更高（如夏季部分城市接近或超过25-30%，食品类涨幅更大）。

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Article · 2026-07-18 02:54 A Ruthless Person: The CCP does not not want to 'North Koreanize', but it cannot afford to. Once the rationing system is introduced, the finances will die first; once hereditary succession is touched, the shares of millions of bureaucrats will be wiped out. The tube inserted by reform and opening up is connected to its finances on one end and to the mortgages of hundreds of millions of people on the other; pulling the tube is equivalent to suicide. It can only keep the tube inserted and replace the nurses with prison guards.

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