The problems facing the people of Tingchow city were that they had no firewood, no salt was on sale because the capitalists were hoarding it, some people had no houses to live in, and rice was both scarce and dear.

• 汀州市群众的问题是没有柴烧，资本家把盐藏起来没有盐买，有些群众没有房子住，那里缺米，米价又贵。