Finance & economics | Reds flag

China is suffering from a crisis of confidence

Can anything perk up its economy?

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Illustration: Javier Jaén
|Hong Kong

China’s leaders have ambitious plans for the country’s economy, spanning one, five and even 15 years. In order to fulfil their goals, they know they will have to drum up prodigious amounts of manpower, materials and technology. But there is one vital input China’s leaders have recently struggled to procure: confidence.

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