China has tamed the coronavirus – now for the economy
After an early stumble, Chinese President Xi Jinping has strengthened his grip on power during the health crisis. But now he faces an even bigger challenge.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has to keep the world's second-largest economy on a stable footing as the rest of the world veers into a possible depression. Xinhua
It has taken a global pandemic to undermine decades of rigid Chinese Communist Party tradition.
For the first time since the Cultural Revolution, there is a heated debate in China about whether its leaders should set an annual growth target when they gather in Beijing next week for the country's biggest political event of the year.
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