Made in China 2025 aims to boost domestically made products to accelerate an industrial upgrade in the country as economic growth slows. Photo: EPA-EFE
Made in China 2025 aims to boost domestically made products to accelerate an industrial upgrade in the country as economic growth slows. Photo: EPA-EFE
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Beijing tries to play down ‘Made in China 2025’ as Donald Trump escalates trade hostilities

State media agencies ordered to avoid mentioning the industrial modernisation plan as US president makes it a focus of looming trade war

Sidney LengZheng Yangpeng
Sidney Leng and Zheng Yangpeng

Updated: 11:31am, 5 Sep, 2018

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Made in China 2025 aims to boost domestically made products to accelerate an industrial upgrade in the country as economic growth slows. Photo: EPA-EFE
Made in China 2025 aims to boost domestically made products to accelerate an industrial upgrade in the country as economic growth slows. Photo: EPA-EFE
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