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Has Policy in Beijing Turned a Corner?

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Has Policy in Beijing Turned a Corner?
People visit the Forbidden City during a late spring snowfall in Beijing on March 18, 2022. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
Milton Ezrati
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Authorities in Beijing seem eager to signal a change in policy. They want, or so the signals imply, to take reform beyond the abandonment of zero-COVID, jumpstart China’s still-stalled economy, and also improve strained diplomatic relations with the West.

Milton Ezrati
Milton Ezrati
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Milton Ezrati is a contributing editor at The National Interest, an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Human Capital at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), and chief economist for Vested, a New York-based communications firm. Before joining Vested, he served as chief market strategist and economist for Lord, Abbett & Co. He also writes frequently for City Journal and blogs regularly for Forbes. His latest book is "Thirty Tomorrows: The Next Three Decades of Globalization, Demographics, and How We Will Live."
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