4 takeaways from Xi Jinping’s speech to mark China’s 40 years of reform and opening up

December 19, 2018 11:26 AM

BEIJING (NYTIMES) – When President Xi Jinping of China spoke at a meeting on Tuesday (Dec 18) to celebrate the country’s shift 40 years ago to an era of “reform and opening up,” expectations were high that he would enumerate steps for revamping the economy and defusing trade tensions with the United States and others.

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