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China’s Waning Growth Has Global Repercussions

The world’s second-biggest economy is running out of steam and that has implications for governments the world over.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Premier Li Qiang in Beijing on March 5.Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

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China’s meteoric economic rise is running out of steam. That has implications for governments the world over, not least Beijing.