25 Sep 2020
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Hold on to your hats folks, the plain-speaking former finance minister Lou Jiwei has been at it again.
At a closed-door symposium of the influential China Economists 50 Forum on September 15, Lou took the opportunity to share some thoughts on China’s new economic framework – the dual circul...
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