Hey Google, Time to Add China ‘Koreafication’ to Your Search Engine

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Type ‘China Japanification’ into Google and you’ll find endless articles examining whether China’s aging demographics and its real-estate slump mean that a decades-long deflationary funk is nigh for the world’s No. 2 economy.