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China goes all in on green industry to jolt ailing economy

China goes all in on green industry to jolt ailing economy
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By Jason DouglasChina is doubling down on manufacturing to reboot its economy after a turbulent year, a strategy that risks igniting new tensions over trade as countries step up support for prized industries and global growth teeters.The push for new growth drivers comes as figures showed the world’s second-largest economy expanded in 2023 at its weakest rate in decades, aside from the three years when China was closed to the outside world during the covid-19 pandemic. A drawn-out property crunch means Beijing can no longer rely on d...

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