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A flood of investment money has moved into tea and traditional Chinese medicine, prompting official warnings to the public about risks.
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With interest rates low and falling, stocks and property in the doldrums, speculators are pushing into obscure fringes of China’s financial markets to find investment returns, sending herb and tea prices on a roller-coaster.
A flood of investment money has moved into tea and traditional Chinese medicine, prompting official warnings to the public not to get consumed by the fever of fast-rising prices and to speculators not to pump up markets.
