China’s Market Turmoil Adds to Headaches for Xi

People walk past a poster featuring Chinese President Xi Jinping with a slogan reading “Chinese Dream, People’s Dream” beside a road in Beijing on Oct. 16, 2017.  

Photographer: Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images

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A $7 trillion stock rout. The worst deflation in decades. Mounting geopolitical threats.