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Join Hudson Institute Senior Fellows Thomas J. Duesterberg and Nadia Schadlow for a discussion with China Beige Book CEO Leland Miller on China’s economic slowdown and implications for the country’s political stability. The panelists will review Dr. Duesterberg’s recent report, Economic Cracks in the Great Wall of China: Is China’s Current Economic Model Sustainable, and offer further analysis on whether China’s leadership can manage a stable transition to a slower growth mode.
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