CHINA IN COUPONS
Over two thousand years ago,when Counse-
llor li yiji offered a piece of advice to
Emperor Liu pang. Han Gaodi(Gaodi of the
Han Dynasty)saying:"To emperors,people s-
tand supreme;and to people,the food",the
ancient Greeks were wandermg in the lege-
nd of the Seres(the Chinese).

One thousand years ago,when the Northern
Song Dynasty government issued its first
Grain coupon,important grain coupon,Mar-
co polo had not traveled to china yet.B-
ut today when the Chinese shed their st-
ereotyped blue uniforms and threw away
their purses filled with all kinds of c-
oupons,and registered with the Internet,
the world has already stepped into the
era of zero distance.

In the 20th century China underwent a t-
remendous change and its coupons played
an indispensable role in this period.What
this website presents is mainly various
kinds of coupons issued on this mysteri-
ous land at that time.They inchude coup-
ons for grain,oil,cloth,fodder,salt,soda,
revenue,coal,etc.Although today,most of
them have become things of the past,yet,
you may still find a real and developing
China---a China in coupons.