Ahead of China Anniversary, Trade War Fans Call for Faster Market Reforms

Ahead of China Anniversary, Trade War Fans Call for Faster Market Reforms
A security personnel stands guard at a viewing platform overlooking the central business area ahead of the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening up in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China on Dec. 4, 2018. Thomas Suen/Reuters
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BEIJING—China’s trade war with the United States is spurring some Chinese entrepreneurs, government advisers and think-tanks to call for faster reforms in the world’s second-largest economy and the freeing of a private sector stifled by state controls.

The calls for change have become louder as China approaches a key anniversary later this month, although there are no signs that the government is planning to shift any key policies.