Yesterday the China Daily published an interesting editorial on inflation that may indicate what the concerns are among at least part of the leadership. Here it is in total: Early reports of shocking price hikes in areas hardest-hit by the bitter snowstorms might have made it relatively easy for the public to swallow a 7.1-percent consumer inflation in January. Given the severity of the supply shock caused by the worst snowy weather in at least half a century, a short-term acceleration of inflation at this level, though the highest in a decade, is still an acceptable result of the Chinese government's efforts to curb overall price rises.