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China's Great Stagnation?

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All signs point to an economic slowdown in China as the country's leadership attempts to move from export-led growth to a more sustainable long-term economic model. Read Project Syndicate's experts on the implications – domestic, regional, and global – of a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy.

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  1. Chinese Reform Goes Local
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    Chinese Reform Goes Local

    Aug 6, 2013 Zhang Monan

  2. China’s New Inflation Constraint
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    China’s New Inflation Constraint

    Jul 31, 2013 Yu Yongding

  3. Misreading Chinese Rebalancing
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    Misreading Chinese Rebalancing

    Jul 29, 2013 Stephen S. Roach on the signs of newfound policy discipline in China.

  4. China’s End of Exuberance
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    China’s End of Exuberance

    Jul 23, 2013 Michael Spence on China's changing growth strategies.

  5. Trouble in Emerging-Market Paradise
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    Trouble in Emerging-Market Paradise

    Jul 22, 2013 Nouriel Roubini

  6. The Detroit Syndrome
    jm2671c.jpg Jim Meehan

    The Detroit Syndrome

    Jul 22, 2013 Sanjeev Sanyal

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