China’s Street Vendor Market in Chaos After Chinese Premier’s Comments

Street vendors sell counterfeit watches and fake luxury brand wallets outside a department store in Shanghai, on May 23, 2007. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images
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When Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivered the 2020 Government Work Report on May 22, he specifically advocated for “street trading” to revive China’s economy and announced the removal of five restrictions on street sales.