It was essential that qiangqin be a public spectacle (in sharp contrast to abduction for resale in another locality).
But livery, when worn and ready for resale on the second-hand market, could find fewer and fewer buyers.
However, the sanitary authorities argued that this practice was unhygienic and in 1925 the municipal government banned the resale of bread.
Where this is so, resales will tend to reduce, rather than increase, consumer prices.
This most threatened local petty traders who transported grains, livestock, and consumer goods for resale at neighbouring markets across the international boundary.
Selling the procured grain to rural areas is often known as 'resale'.
The first differentiation made was whether the goods in a person's possession were intended for family consumption or for illicit resale.
We can provide field documentation for the process used by looters in selecting pieces for resale.
