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What common prosperity means to Ma

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Ever since, Xi Jinping put “common prosperity” at the top of his economic agenda in August, everybody has been scrambling to define what the initiative means.

On Wednesday, Ma Jiantang waded into the debate with an article in the Party’s mouthpiece, People’s Daily.

Ma who?

Ma’s the Party s...