Beijing pumps up economy, the traditional way, ahead of 2022 party congress
With the U.S. and Japan economically traumatized by the COVID-19 pandemic, undemocratic China may ironically see the most election-related economic growth in the runup to the 2022 congress of the Communist Party of China. (Source photos by UPI/Kyodo, Reuters and Xinhua/Kyodo)
Tetsushi Takahashi was Nikkei China bureau chief from April 2017 to March 2021 and the writer of the Beijing Diary column.
TOKYO -- The Japanese government led by the Liberal Democratic Party was expected to announce stimulus packages for this summer and a lower house election for autumn, but few talk of such things these days.
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