
(Bloomberg) -- Look no further than China’s biggest livestreamer for a snapshot of the country’s flagging consumption outlook. Most Read from BloombergBiden Has Wiped Away $127 Billion in Student Loan DebtXi Jinping’s ‘Old Friends’ From Iowa Get a Dinner InvitationAn Opioid-Like Drink Is Masquerading As a Wholesome Alcohol AlternativeTrump’s 40 Wall St. Loan Transferred to Special ServicerIceland Girds for Volcanic Eruption That Could Wipe Out TownLi Jiaqi, known as ‘Lipstick King’ for his prowe

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