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Government abandons GDP growth target

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All it took was a once-in-a-century global pandemic and economic crisis.

The Chinese government finally dropped its annual GDP growth target, long the foundation for economic policy.

Premier Li Keqiang announced the change in his Government Work Report delivered this morning:

“I would like to poi...