With this rectification campaign, these these changes to education and and chinese culture and the economy, all this is happening under this big banner of common pposperity. It's the new buzz phrase in ba jing. So on the one hand you can see this as a kind of populous move by she to rally support for him being in power for a third term,. And how do the chinese people feel about this? All o these measures, they are away for the party state to cer cntrol over the economy, the private sector and society.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has kicked off a "rectification" campaign that’s affecting every sector of Chinese society and business. Lily Kuo, the Washington Post's China bureau chief, explains.
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