A morning view of the Lujiazui area in Pudong, Shanghai. On the bright side, China has had significant economic successes since 2010, albeit on soft issues like poverty alleviation and welfare support that do not make ready headlines. Photo: XinhuaA morning view of the Lujiazui area in Pudong, Shanghai. On the bright side, China has had significant economic successes since 2010, albeit on soft issues like poverty alleviation and welfare support that do not make ready headlines. Photo: Xinhua
A morning view of the Lujiazui area in Pudong, Shanghai. On the bright side, China has had significant economic successes since 2010, albeit on soft issues like poverty alleviation and welfare support that do not make ready headlines. Photo: Xinhua
Richard Harris
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The View by Richard Harris

China’s Li Keqiang presents an economy in distress in NPC speech. Is it just growing pains?

  • The lack of an accurate GDP growth figure means the true state of the Chinese economy, now facing its slowest growth in almost 30 years, remains guesswork, heightening worries over debt and unemployment

Richard Harris
Richard Harris

Updated: 10:26pm, 7 Mar, 2019

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A morning view of the Lujiazui area in Pudong, Shanghai. On the bright side, China has had significant economic successes since 2010, albeit on soft issues like poverty alleviation and welfare support that do not make ready headlines. Photo: XinhuaA morning view of the Lujiazui area in Pudong, Shanghai. On the bright side, China has had significant economic successes since 2010, albeit on soft issues like poverty alleviation and welfare support that do not make ready headlines. Photo: Xinhua
A morning view of the Lujiazui area in Pudong, Shanghai. On the bright side, China has had significant economic successes since 2010, albeit on soft issues like poverty alleviation and welfare support that do not make ready headlines. Photo: Xinhua
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