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Turning Point for China

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Oct 03, 2012
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A top Politburo member’s dismissal and suspended death sentence for his wife for murder highlight the malaise in China. Combined with a gathering economic crisis, recent events have radically altered the perception of China as among the world’s stablest economic engines.

China, once considered the embodiment of poverty and misery, a victim of colonial gl…

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