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Economic Policy Meeting Called Off Amid COVID Spike

CHINA

MNI (London)-The Economic Times reporting that Chinese authorities are set to delay a closely-watched economic policy meeting due to get underway on Thursday due to the sharp increase in COVID-19 infections in the capital.

  • Wires report that "There’s no set timetable for when the Central Economic Work Conference, usually attended by President Xi Jinping, will be rescheduled, the people said."
  • Bloomberg reported earlier that the pace of COVID reopening means "a surge in infections is “surely unavoidable,” Zhang Wenhong, one of China’s top Covid advisers, wrote in an opinion piece published by Caixin on Tuesday."

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