26 May 2022

“Power to the people” – that’s an order

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Add another item to the list of Beijing's woes.

During his speech at Wednesday's emergency meeting on the economy, Premier Li Keqiang made clear that Beijing anticipates summer energy shortages.

And that's even without the recovery of economic growth – which would make the problem even worse....