Officials okayed to do side jobs, luxury hotels sell street food as China’s economic doldrums continue

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(TibetanReview.net, Jul13’25) – China’s economy continues to be in dire strait after being crippled by the 2020 Covid pandemic and now harried by US President Donald Trump’s tariff strangulation of its export industry, going by at least three most recent indications: luxury hotels seeing street food for survival, a Chinese province allowing officials to pursue side jobs after salary and benefit cuts, and the visa-free entry policy being extended to 74 countries.

In July, the five-star Zhongwu Hotel in Changzhou, Jiangsu province – ranked second among 10 luxury hotels in the city on Trip.com – surprised observers when it launched a street vendor service offering budget meal boxe...

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