China's new cabinet will have no time to lose

Economic and diplomatic challenges will test incoming State Council

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Li Qiang attends the closing ceremony of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in October 2022: The incoming premier has little choice but to ramp up stimulus spending. © Reuters

Yu Jie is a senior research fellow on China in the Asia-Pacific program of international affairs think tank Chatham House in London.

The Year of the Rabbit has gotten off to a shaky start in China amid the country's chaotic exit from zero-COVID and its heated confrontation with the U.S. over balloon overflights.

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