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Podcast | How Xi Jinping thinks about the rule of law + explaining why capital investment is tanking

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On this week’s Trivium China Podcast, your loyal Trivium team digs into China’s key domestic and regional developments from the past few days.
First, Trivium Co-founders Andrew Polk and Trey McArver discuss:

The Party’s latest conference on law-based governance – and what it tells about how Xi Jinp...



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