Our correspondent Will Glasgow is back in China - for the stories and the noodles - as the Communist Party tries to rescue the economy. 

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Original music is composed by Jasper Leak.