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Chinese Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao shakes hands with People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan (L) as International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (R) looks on during the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington on Oct 12. Photo: Reuters
Posted inChina, World

At global forum, China fills US-shaped hole

by Nigel Green October 18, 2017October 18, 2017

According to the laws of physics and nature, empty spaces are unnatural. Wherever there is a void, the universe seeks to fill it. Nowhere was this more on display than at the meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank last week in Washington. The minimal presence of the United States, which is […]

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