What can be learned from China’s success?Footnote

This paper is based on a presentation made to the G20 Summit Think Tanks meeting organised by Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China in Beijing on 3 September 2014.

This manuscript is an extended version of the paper first published as a blog article at http://ablog.typepad.com/keytrendsinglobalisation/2014/11/what-the-g20-should-learn-from-china.html.

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