China's economy grew 4.5 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter, official data showed Tuesday, after Beijing scrapped its zero-Covid measures late last year.
The importance and multifaceted nature of the U.S.-China economicrelationship call for an overarching institutional mechanism, such as the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED). China's market reformsstopped about three years ago. American engagement that presumesongoing market reform in China is flawed. It must focus on a narrowrange of meaningful reform that is feasible in the current context.