China Wants to Move Ahead, but Xi Jinping Is Looking to the Past
Updated Dec. 28, 2023 12:00 am ET Listen to article (1 minute) A song called “Tomorrow Will Be Better” became a sensation in mainland China in the 1980s, when the nation was emerging from the poverty and turmoil of Mao Zedong’s rule. Its inspirational lyrics, which exhorted listeners to “look upward for the wings in … Read more