expected to remain sluggish

expected to remain sluggish for the remainder of the decade when compared to recent Chinese norms.28 Part of China’s economic slowdown came from almost 3 years of self-imposed “Zero COVID” domestic lockdowns. The slowdown coincides with President Xi Jinping’s crackdown on the autonomy of a broad array of businesses and commercial enterprises—a crackdown that is choking entrepreneurship and innovation across China.29 Beijing also confronts a significantly altered global economic ufabet