China Commands the Economic Waves to Stop
Politics, not economics, is in command in China. But two recent decisions to defy the market may come back to haunt the leadership: price fixing for key commodities and the block on Singapore’s bid for a major stake in China Eastern Airlines.
It was not the first time and will not be the last that a government has tried to order the tides to recede. But …
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