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China Economy Wobbles

Chinese government measures fail to halt a 30% stock market slide. What does this imply for wider efforts to reform the currency and the economy? How concerned should we be?

China government measures fail to halt a slide on the Shanghai stock exchange. What does the worst monthly drop in share prices for six years say about wider efforts to reform the currency and the economy? We hear from one disgruntled investor and speak to a range of China experts: Peter Morici, professor of economics at the University of Maryland, Chris Brummer, professor of law at Georgetown University, independent Chinese economist Andy Xie, and Miranda Carr, head of China thematic research at the international investment bank, BESI.

(Photo: Investors look at screens showing stock market movements in Beijing, Credit: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images)

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Tue 4 Aug 2015 16:05GMT

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