China looks to consumers to drive economic rebound

A worker waits for customers at the entrance of a clothing shop along a tourist shopping street in Beijing, Feb. 28, 2023. Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s agenda for the annual meeting of the ceremonial legislature: Revive the struggling economy by encouraging consumers to spend now that severe anti-virus controls have ended. Install a government of Xi loyalists to intensify the ruling Communist Party’s control over the economy and society. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) A worker waits for customers at the entrance of a clothing shop along a tourist shopping street in Beijing, Feb. 28, 2023. Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s agenda for…