An elderly woman walks past a god of fortune mascot on displayed outside a shopping mall in Beijing Monday. China’s leadership is promising to steer the economy in a new direction in its blueprint for the next five years that would empower consumers and narrow a yawning wealth gap but require politically contentious reforms.
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