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Initiatives such as the One Belt One Road programme could forestall slowdown of Chinese economy

Crew members wave after completing the maiden flight of China's home-grown C919 passenger jet at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai on May 5, 2017. The first large made-in-China passenger plane took off on its maiden test flight on May 5, marking a key milestone on the country's ambitious journey to compete with the world's leading aircraft makers. / AFP PHOTO / STR / China OUT

My visit to China provoked the economist in me. Let us leave the cultural part of the country, from Forbidden City to Great Wall, and focus on the economic China which seems an enigma.

How did the Chinese economy grow so fast, embracing capitalism while the political system remained intact, not different from the founding days of Chairman Mao Zedong? How did new wine fit into old wineskins, the Communist Party of China? 

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