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The government really wants you to buy more stuff.
On Monday, the State Council dropped guidelines for stimulating a recovery in consumption.
According to the policy (Gov.cn):

“Under the influence of the pandemic, consumption – particularly brick and mortar consumption – has recovered slowly.”
“Sma...