Xi’s Problems Are Piling Up at Home and Abroad

US President Joe Biden listens while meeting virtually with Xi Jinping, China’s president.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping’s hopes for stability ahead of a historic Communist Party congress are quickly dwindling.

His country’s economic slowdown deepened in July as strict Covid Zero measures and a slumping real-estate market threaten the chances of a recovery to a “reasonable” range.