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Li didn’t start the fire

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On Monday, Premier Li Keqiang chaired the State Council executive meeting.
At the top of the agenda: Addressing China's increasingly bleak economic outlook.
The meeting’s readout acknowledged current challenges, including:

Catastrophic flooding in Henan province
Resurgent COVID-19 cases
High global...