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Columns & Interviews Politics & Society

Pictures of complexity

James Fallows’s new book shows how China is not as black and white as people think

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Columns & Interviews Consumer

Recession-era consumption

Farmers are out shopping, but no one else is – not even for recycled waste paper

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Columns & Interviews Health Care

Health of the nation

Universal health care is the cornerstone of Beijing’s long-term reforms

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Columns & Interviews Economics & Trade

Magic 8

A few months ago, as analysts fought to drop their GDP forecasts to new lows, few people believed that China would hit the magic figure of 8% growth this year. With signs that the construction meltdown is bottoming out, we can expect those same analysts to start pushing their forecasts back up. If China does […]

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Columns & Interviews Economics & Trade

Impact winter

Manufacturer uncertainty threatens even the most robust supply chains,