China and the global financial crisis

One if the biggest questions facing Asia, and Australia, is how is the global financial crisis affecting China and will the Chinese government's policy responses be effective. The front and opinion pages of Australia's broadsheets have been full of stories and editorials on this topic. At the Wednesday Lowy Lunch on 25 March 2009, Professor Leong Liew looked beyond these headlines and discussed the challenges from the global financial crisis facing the Chinese economy in a key period of transition and how domestic political factors are shaping China's policy responses.

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