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China goes continental

  • Published 17 Apr 2009

It is looking as though energy generating the world's fastest economic growth rate this year is increasingly coming from within. China Confidential investigates.

To start with, China’s response to the world’s economic crisis was mostly about erecting storm walls against the financial squalls beyond its borders. It announced an Rmb 4,000bn ($585.4bn, €444.6bn, £394bn) domestic stimulus package, reassured its people by pledging gross domestic product growth at around 8% this year and unveiled several measures to boost consumer spending. But what started out as a campaign to create a tranquil 'Bi Feng Gang', or 'wind-protected harbour', is now morphing into something bigger and more significant.

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