Inside China's five-year plan, a dinner table waits

Behind the grand slogans of tourism and consumption lies a very ordinary kitchen table.

Inside China's five-year plan, a dinner table waits

A recent draft of China's 15th Five-Year Plan arrives draped in sweeping slogans—tourism powerhouse, consumption-driven growth.

Dig past the headlines, though, and the details get wonderfully small: smarter crowd caps at scenic spots, easier cross-province vouchers, safer ready-meal sections at the corner store.

Even the grandest blueprint, it turns out, eventually sets the table for a single ordinary day.

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