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The elephant in the room

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There was an elephant in the vast but virtual room at Wednesday's emergency meeting on the economy – the stringent COVID containment strategy that's brought China's economy to its knees.
The strange thing: Speakers at the meeting barely mentioned COVID policy.
But, COVID was definitely there between...