Eddie Brown is former editorial director at Bloomberg New Economy. He's about three decades in Asia as both China editor and columnist for the Wall Street Journal. The first since Beijing brought an abrupt end to three years of crippling COVID zero restrictions has begun with a modest target for economic growth.
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