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Re:Y Combinator Abruptly Shutters YC China by yorwba on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @01:36PM (#21641203)
国进民退 guó jìn mín tuì "state advances, private retreats" was coined to refer to the Chinese government bailing out state-owned enterprises while letting private companies go bankrupt after the 2008 financial crisis. That's both not "now" and also before Xi's rise to power.
Re:Y Combinator Abruptly Shutters YC China by eznoonze on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @01:38PM (#21641234)
It has been extensively used to describe the current situation - expansion of government's role in business and diminishing of private enterprises.