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Podcast | China’s perspective on the trade ceasefire + 15th Five-Year Plan breakdown

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It was another monumental week on the China front.

On Tuesday, the Party released its sprawling 15th Five Year Plan (FYP) Proposals – laying out the sheer scale of Xi Jinping’s policy ambitions over the next half-decade Then on Thursday, Xi and US President Donald Trump got together in South Korea ...



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