The Chinese regime has set this year’s economic growth target at the lowest level since 1991, as the growth model that elevated the country to the world’s second-largest economy has led to a host of thorny issues at home and beyond.
In an annual work report delivered on March 5 to the National People’s Congress—China’s rubber-stamp legislature—Premier Li Qiang set a target for gross domestic product (GDP) to rise by 4.5 percent to 5 percent.
