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China Plays Hard Ball on Debt

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Sep 22, 2011
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China could now be taking to Europe the hard game it’s played for some time with Eurozone periphery states. In a recent speech to the World Economic Forum in Dalian, Premier Wen Jiabao asked Europeans along with the United States to “put their houses in order,” almost as a condition for China “extending a helping hand.”

While there is no doubt that China…

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