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    Detailed perspectives on developments in South Asia​​

    293 : A Transforming China : The Challenge of the ‘Middle-Income Trap’

    Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury,Principal Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

    2 October 2015

    While China’s Finance Minister Lou Jiwei has cautioned his country against slipping into the so-called ‘middle-income trap’, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s sense of confidence during his recent State visit to the United States signals a different prognosis.