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Stock-Loving Korean President Under Fire Over Wild Market Swings

As South Korea’s world-beating stock market surged in January, authorities saw a chance to attract more capital and bolster the won by offering high-risk products for notoriously adrenaline-loving retail investors. Now that gamble is backfiring on President Lee Jae Myung.

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How likely is Beijing to walk the talk on boosting consumption?

Chinese officials tend to report only good news and bury bad news for propaganda purposes and career advancement. That is why it came as a genuine surprise when, on July 22, Zhang Enhui, the party chief of Changchun, an industrial powerhouse known for its automobile sector and technological research, publicly broke with that tradition.

How likely is Beijing to walk the talk on boosting consumption?

Chinese officials tend to report only good news and bury bad news for propaganda purposes and career advancement. That is why it came as a genuine surprise when, on July 22, Zhang Enhui, the party chief of Changchun, an industrial powerhouse known for its automobile sector and technological research, publicly broke with that tradition.

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