text:  completely altering China's trajectory. But the economy is clearly facing some of its biggest challenges in years. Growth's slow. There's a real estate crisis. Local governments are hobbled by debt. That all seems likely to be addressed, at least rhetorically, by the plenum. There's not a lot of info or consensus on what it'll add up to. And observers have been trying to read the tea leaves. Some think the Central Committee is going to effectively greenlight strong policies to tackle the key issues. And one of them is Li Daokui. He's an economist at Tsinghua University here in Beijing.