Chinese President Xi Jinping says Marxist political economy is the bedrock for nation’s growth
- The ‘dominant position of public ownership cannot be shaken’, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party says
- In an ever-changing global environment, steering the economy into the future will be a major test for the party.
- Xi Jinping wants 1.4 billion diners to clean their plates. But the Chinese president’s campaign against food waste risks touching a third rail in a country where meals are a cornerstone of private life.
This week, Xi rolled out a new push to curb the “shocking and distressing” problem of discarded leftovers, as he seeks to fortify a fragile food supply strained by floods, epidemics, locusts and trade wars. He cited a Tang Dynasty poem imploring people to “know that each grain on your plate comes from the labor of peasants.
