CHINA PLANS 15 YEARS AHEAD; WITH MOST OTHERS PLANS FALL BY THE WAYSIDE WITHIN NO TIME

• The coronavirus pandemic has left governments completely befuddled and made planning even weeks ahead difficult.
• In Beijing this week, however, China's leaders converged upon to set specific policy for much of the coming decade.

In a series of  highly confidential meetings in the capital, top Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials trashed out the country's next five-year plan -- and even drew ....