China Daily: “China raised fuel prices for the second time this year, hiking gasoline and diesel by 6.5 percent to 7 percent effective on
Tuesday, amid rising world crude oil prices and falling domestic inflation. Prices went up by 600 yuan $94.90 a metric ton, the biggest hike since June 2009. The average gasoline price went up 6.5 percent to 9,980 yuan a metric ton, while diesel prices rose 7 percent to 9,130 yuan a metric ton.Both prices are record highs. China, the worlds second-biggest oil user, raised fuel prices for the first time this year by 300 yuan a ton on Feb 8.”

