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Third Plenum fails to resolve policy tensions

China’s leadership has promised to continue comprehensively deepening reform in a wide range of areas. But there are few signs that the just concluded Third Plenum marks a major change in the direction of policymaking. And there still appears to be a tension between policies aimed at boost economic security and expanding the supply-side of the economy, and those aimed at giving market forces a greater role and rebalancing growth toward consumption.

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