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Xi Jinping presses officials on advancing “common prosperity”

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Rising inequality and structural unemployment are keeping Xi Jinping up at night. During a breakout session with the Jiangsu legislative delegation on March 5, China's big boss posed three difficult policy questions:

"Under the impact of a new wave of technological revolution and industrial transfo...