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Beijing Seems to Have Run Out of Ideas

At the CCP’s annual Two Sessions meeting, the party leadership failed to offer much of an agenda, which suggests that Beijing simply has no idea what to do.
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Beijing Seems to Have Run Out of Ideas
Members from the People's Liberation Army Band leave after the opening of China's rubber stamp legislature, the National People's Congress, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2024. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
Milton Ezrati
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For years, the annual Two Sessions conference has informed anyone and everyone who matters in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) where their leadership wants to go. This year’s meeting signaled little direction.

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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