of the last to ease restrictions. following anti lockdown protests late last year, president she finally ended his zero covid policy, opening up cities and travel once more. that reopening was underlined in the last few weeks by president xi welcoming european leaders, including france s president emanuel macron, to the country, and also rising tensions around its dispute with taiwan the chinese military staging a show of strength over the island beijing still claims as its own. but after three years of lockdowns, testing and a new ban on travel, economists are predicting a tide of cash could be released by china s consumers. in fact, the sums are so significant to the international monetary fund improved its outlook for the global economy. the potential revenge spending pot is huge, with chinese households racking up over $2.5 trillion in extra savings in 2022. that s an increase