Yuan for the money: China stimulates its economy
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The Economist
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🗓️ 3 October 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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After years of slowing growth, the Chinese government is finally attempting to bolster consumer demand, business confidence and the stock market. Our correspondent analyses the surprise shift in policy (10:25). How will immigration policy play with swing voters in Arizona? And Sally Rooney, a modern-day Jane Austen with a dash of S&M (19:35).
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