Life in China Is Getting Harder, and Xi Jinping Should Worry
- Ruling party nears 70th anniversary juggling multiple threats
- Economic slowdown, trade war, swine fever weigh on celebration
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Shopkeepers in Shenzhen. Pork sellers in Nanning. Factory workers in Dongguan. All across China’s southern industrial belt, the working class is under pressure -- and so is President Xi Jinping.