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How Xi’s Redefinition of Deng Xiaoping’s Guiding Principle Could Change China’s Policy Course for Decades to Come

‘Unbalanced and Inadequate Development’ Have Been the Main Constraints for People Seeking to Build Better Lives, President Says

Nectar Gan
October 18, 2017

President Xi Jinping on Wednesday redefined the “principal contradiction” faced by Chinese people, signalling a shift in the country’s development focus for the years, if not decades, ahead from unbridled economic growth to better quality expansion and improved wealth distribution.