China’s Two Sessions: 5 things to watch as political gatherings get underway

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The tone of the country’s biggest annual political meetings will focus on stability and realism instead of major policy shifts, say analysts. BEIJING/SHENZHEN: Whether China lowers its economic growth target for the first time in three years and how it frames the start of its next five-year development blueprint will be closely watched as the country’s most important annual political meetings begin on Wednesday (Mar 4). The pace of increases in its defence budget and hints on personnel matters