national condition
国情 guóqíng

Used to legitimise policy and deflect criticism on grounds of unique features: demography, geography, history and culture. In the cartoon, the child's bowl is labelled nourishing lunches. Dropping a few cents into it, the rich and powerful (official) donor explains: 'in keeping with the national condition'. Xi Jinping's view is that SOE reform must conform to the 'national condition': SOEs are to continue to be centrally controlled through SASAC
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