As China reels from its COVID-19 lockdown efforts, its leaders are scrambling to stay ahead of the United States on economic growth.

Chinese President Xi Jinping held meetings with his top economic officials over recent weeks and pushed them to undertake bolder stimulus measures to stem China’s economic bleeding and demonstrate its system is superior to the West’s, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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