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Embracing China’s “New Normal”.

20 Apr 2015-Foreign Affairs (Council on Foreign Relations)-Vol. 94, Iss: 3, pp 8-12

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss economic growth in China, focusing on the slowing rate of growth of its GDP (gross domestic product) and whether the Chinese economy is likely to crash.

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Abstract: The article discusses economic growth in China, focusing on the slowing rate of growth of its GDP (gross domestic product) and whether the Chinese economy is likely to crash. Topics include economic diversification, economic redistribution and globalization; cost and standard of living for the average Chinese citizen; and the so-called catch-up growth model. A discussion of demand for economic inputs such as energy, the environmental cost of modernization and high-speed economic growth, and China's position in the world economy is also included.

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Cites background from "Embracing China’s “New Normal”."

...Clearly realising this trend, the new Chinese leadership since 2012 has started actively promoting the concept of “new normal” so as to remind the public as well as the outside world that “growth the old way” is no longer feasible.(32) All these indicators are also highly illustrative of the over-accumulation problem highlighted by Harvey, which happens when the surplus capitalists have available to them cannot find an outlet, whether through breaking the labour constraints, resource constraints or technology constraints....
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A New Politics of Development Cooperation? Chinese and Brazilian Engagements in African Agriculture

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University of Sussex¹, University of Ghana², Universidade Federal do ABC³, China Agricultural University⁴

01 May 2016-World Development

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...Chinese policymakers have signaled a shift in economic policy, aiming to take the heat out of rapid growth and reliance on commodity imports, with a rebalancing toward boosting technology sectors and addressing environmental sustainability issues (Angang, 2015)....
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Decomposing driving factors for wind curtailment under economic new normal in China

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Changgui Dong¹, Ye Qi², Wenjuan Dong², Xi Lu², Tianle Liu², Shuai Qian² - Show less +2 more•Institutions (2)

Renmin University of China¹, Tsinghua University²

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