A Crisis of Confidence Deepens in Xi’s China
China’s stock market is underperforming global peers, consumer spending is hovering near the weakest levels since pandemic lockdowns and deflation shows signs of spiraling.
Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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China’s most ambitious workers have found themselves cast adrift. That’s a problem-in-the-making for President Xi Jinping.