Sticking to the playbook
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Beijing hopes consumption will revive this year, but doesn’t want to use cash handouts to make it happen.
On Friday, Reuters cited three anonymous sources “close to policy discussions” as saying that the central government doesn’t plan to use large-scale direct consumer subsidies to boost demand.
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