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        <title><![CDATA[Andrew Polk - Partner/Head:Economic Research/Co-Founder]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Andrew Polk is a founding partner of Trivium/China, a Beijing-based research firm, which produces a daily newsletter on China. He was formerly  director of China research at Medley Global Advisors and chief economist at the Conference Board's China Center. 
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            <title><![CDATA[China’s Gates Are Open Again]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Eager for foreign investment, Chinese leaders are personally committing to increased market access in a way they haven’t in years. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2018 23:00:19 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>BMW will take a controlling stake in its China joint venture.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why Stimulus Isn’t Working in China]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The government is trying to accomplish too many contradictory goals at the same time.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2018 01:30:24 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Small entrepreneurs need financing.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[China’s Growth Woes Aren’t Going Away]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[New stimulus measures won’t spark the rebound markets expect.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2018 06:00:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>This picture taken on June 25, 2017 shows a worker plastering a brick wall in front of a construction site in a development called &apos;Shenzhen City&apos; on the outskirts of Kashgar in China&apos;s western Xinjiang province. The future of economic development in China&apos;s far western Xinjiang region lies behind the shattered glass door of a welcome centre on the outskirts of the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar. Inside, a dusty model depicts a modern urban development with wide, tree-lined boulevards and a pair of twin sky-scrapers -- but outside the project remains a ghost town reflecting Beijing&apos;s struggle to bring prosperity to the restless region. / AFP PHOTO / Johannes EISELE (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Is Quietly Setting Global Standards]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A little-noticed effort could be a very big deal. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2018 21:00:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China's Financial Opening Isn't Quite What It Seems]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Local banks are now so dominant that safeguards are largely irrelevant.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-04-03/china-s-financial-opening-isn-t-quite-what-it-seems</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2018 21:00:17 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Pedestrians walk past a branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) Ltd., in Beijing, China, on Thursday, July 29, 2010. ICBC, the world&apos;s largest lender by market value, said it will raise up to 45 billion yuan ($6.6 billion) in a rights offer to replenish capital. Photographer: Nelson Ching/Bloomberg via Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Any Trade War Is Going to Be Tactical]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[China's leverage is over companies, not countries.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2018 00:00:12 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>SHANGHAI, CHINA - DECEMBER 10:  Customers come to the newly opened Apple store on December 10, 2016 in Shanghai, China. Shanghai opened its 7th Apple store on Saturday.  (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[One-Man Rule Isn't Good for the Economy Either]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[In fact, it'll make any serious, liberalizing reforms even harder.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 22:00:20 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 26:  Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the 86th INTERPOL General Assembly at Beijing National Convention Center on September 26, 2017 in Beijing, China. The General Assembly, themed &apos;Connecting Police for a Safer World&apos;,  will take place in Beijing from September 26-29. (Photo by Lintao Zhang - Pool/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Chinese Need to Learn to Save Again]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[After decades of thrift, they're taking on too much personal debt.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2018 02:36:28 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Visitors attend the annual summer housing fair in Shanghai, China on 04 July, 2011. According to surveys, housing prices in 8 of China&apos;s 10 largestes city has eased in the last month, signaling repeated government measures to cool the property market such as credit tightening are taking some effect. (Photo by In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Takes Away the Punch Bowl]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Controlling offshore investments makes sense. That doesn't mean it's smart.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2017 21:00:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 27:  New York&apos;s landmark Waldorf Astoria Hotel sits in midtown Manhattan on June 27, 2016 in New York City. China&apos;s Anbang Insurance Group, which recently purchased the Waldorf from Hilton Worldwide Holdings in 2014 for $1.95 billion, has announced plans to convert as much as three-quarters of the rooms into apartments. The insurer will close the Waldorf for up to three years starting next spring for the renovation.  (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Could China Be Turning a Corner?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Quietly, the structure of existing credit has improved.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2017 21:00:07 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 27:  (Image taken with fisheye lens) Steel pipes pile up at Lianyungang Port for shipment and export on December 27, 2016 in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province of China. In the first eleven months of this year, the profits of Chinese industrial enterprises above the designated size have achieved 6,033.41 billion yuan (about 868.229 billion USD), with a year-on-year increase of 9.4 percent.  (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)</media:description>
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