Understand China's Pork Crisis in One Photo

The first chart is pork and pig prices, the second is the number of pigs being raised, the third shows how long pork prices rose in the past (20 and 18 months, with the current rise only 6 months long), the final chart shows pork prices (blue) and CPI. Since China wants inflation, the government may be happy about the rising pork prices. If not, they can tap the strategic pork reserve.