Reddit? Isn’t this the platform where these ‘tankies’ have been banned some time ago?

There is also a report about how fights are breaking out at Russia’s gas stations as the fuel crisis spreads

Russian media have been reporting on a surge of conflicts at gas stations across the country. The fuel crisis, triggered by Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil facilities, has forced people to wait for hours at gas stations. Some drivers try to cut the line, which has at times led to brawls. The situation is compounded by the fact that some stations have taken a liberal interpretation of the requirement to give priority to official vehicles. As a result, local officials in some regions have begun jumping the line, and in Chita, participants in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and their family members were added to the list of those exempt from waiting. All of this has fueled widespread public anger.

I feel many of the short stories in the linked article perfectly fit the ‘not the onion’ comm here ;-)

US sends troops to Israel. North Korea and China send troops to Ukraine in support of Russia. It’s a weird and crazy world we’re in.

This makes no sense and is only a distraction. China is not creating a new measure, they are apparently lying.

No, that has absolutely nothing to do with it. China just erased data.

Food and energy is excluded from core inflation or core indices because prices for commodities like oil, gas, and the like are highly volatile, and food prices have a high correlation with these commodity prices. This would make core data less meaningful which is why food and energy is measured in own indices. So nothing is hidden here.

But China just excluded the data that it has measured itself before.

[Edit for clarity.]