
First published: Prospect 08/03/2019
It was Premier Li Keqiang’s big moment, especially given his rather diminished role in Xi Jinping’s China. The Work Report is the premier’s responsibility to deliver, and when he addressed roughly 3,000 delegates at the National People’s Congress (NPC) earlier this week, he warned them “we must be fully prepared for a tough struggle,” and “the difficulties we face must not be underestimated.” This was an unusually downbeat message…. read on ….https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/WP_SITEURL/blogs/george-magnus/a-sober-message-from-chinas-national-peoples-congress