China’s campaign to tackle rising costs of education, healthcare and housing could strengthen Xi Jinping’s efforts to seek a third term as leader
Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s ‘common prosperity’ campaign follows four decades of economic expansion that widened the gap between the urban rich and poorer countryside.
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