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Regulatory crackdown or ideological campaign?

What looked like a tech crackdown, broadened to a crackdown on large private firms, then to a wider regulatory push. This week it started to resemble a society-wide ideological campaign aimed at fortifying the nation’s people and economy. K-Pop fandoms are out. Xi Jinping Thought is in. Meanwhile, there’s growing talk that property tax plans are being revived.

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