03 Jun 2021
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On Wednesday, Premier Li Keqiang did his thing – presiding over a weekly State Council executive meeting.
The topic(s), per usual: Deregulation and market fairness.
Some context: Li has been downright incessant in his calls for market access and administrative process reforms to serve a ...
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