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Buying a coffee, getting a receipt, tossing it into a pocket.
It feels routine.
But in dozens of Chinese cities,
that small slip of paper is being turned into a policy tool designed to stimulate spending and quietly reshape how taxes are collected.
When I learn about that magic, don't go away.
And for years, we assumed Hanger was a failure of self-control,
a personality flaw that showed up when blood sugar dropped.
New research suggests something more unsettling.
When we are hangry, our brains are temporarily operating in survival mode.
What is your most memorable moment of hangry?
Do share.
But before that...
Around the world, governments struggle with the same problem,
how to encourage consumption while closing tax loopholes in the informal economy.
China's answer for now.