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Ananth Krishnan China on Wednesday marked the 40th anniversary of the establishment of its first special economic zone (SEZ) in Shenzhen, outlining plans to boost its innovation capabilities and global technological influence, even as it grapples with a bruising trade and technology war with the U.S. President Xi Jinping, who travelled to Shenzhen and Guangdong province to mark the anniversary — a key step on China’s economic reforms and opening up process — in a close to hour-long speech warned of “unprecedented” global challenges and a “turbulent” world facing China, but did not mention relations with the U.S. specifically. Mr. Xi’s visit to Guangdong province for the anniversary had been billed as a key political event in China for 2020, coinciding with the Communist Party’s plans to mark the year as when it would eliminate extreme poverty and build what it calls a “moderately prosperous society”. This will be followed by another major anniversary next year, when the Communist Party...