China's faltering performance on economic reform

Xi Jinping's reform failures share a common theme

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A screen shows Xi Jinping delivering a speech on Dec. 31, 2020: Xi has taken the opportunity to declare victory preemptively. © AP

Kevin Rudd is president and CEO of the Asia Society. He was Australia's 26th Prime Minister. Daniel H. Rosen is a founding partner of Rhodium Group and leads the company's work on China, India and Asia.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is starting off 2021 feeling supremely confident about China's economic position.

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