China's economic ambitions hit limits to growth as its national congress prepares to meet
PBS NewsHour
by Chan Ho-him, Associated PressMarch 3, 2026
The gap between Chinese leader Xi Jinping's high-tech, artificial intelligence-driven ambitions and the hard realities of slowing growth is the backdrop for the annual meeting of the country's largely ceremonial national legislature, the National People's Congress, which begins Thursday.
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