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China set to post slowest growth in 28 years in 2018

A man looks at the Pudong financial district of Shanghai November 20, 2013. With a shift in tone and language, China's central bank governor has dangled the prospect of speeding up currency reform and giving markets more room to set the yuan's exchange rate as he underlines broader plans for sweeping economic change. The central bank under Zhou Xiaochuan has consistently flagged its intention to liberalise financial markets and allow the yuan to trade more freely, even before the Communist Party's top brass unveiled late last week the boldest set of economic and social reforms in nearly three decades. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS CITYSCAPE TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E9BK1FE701

The Chinese economy has grown at its slowest rate in 28 years. Image: REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Kevin Yao
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Workers unload containers from a train at Dahongmen Railway Station in Beijing, China January 14, 2019. Picture taken January 14, 2019. China Daily via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA. - RC1938C2F620
Workers unload containers from a train at Dahongmen Railway Station in Beijing, China January 14, 2019. Image: China Daily via REUTERS
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