How Xi Jinping Can Strengthen the Chinese Economy

Xi Jinping on screens in the media center as he speaks at the opening ceremony of the third China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, China November 4, 2020. *Credit: Aly Song via Alamy*

Xi Jinping is poised to become the first three-term president in Chinese history when the Communist Party of China’s 20th National Congress convenes this month. That makes this an opportune time to take stock of Xi’s economic-policy record from the past ten years and explore some obvious steps to improve economic performance in the next term. When Xi assumed China’s top political position in 2012, the economy was thriving, but it also had many serious problems. GDP had been&nb

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