11/19/09 Stockholm, Sweden – The Great Wall was built between the 5th and 16th century BC to protect China from attacks along the northern borders of its empire.
Now China’s wallet is performing a similar role in economic policy. Few tools help keep a slumping superpower and its sometimes needy requests at bay better than control over the purse strings.

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