Gross domestic plummet: China’s historic contraction

The Economist Podcasts

• Episode: Gross domestic plummet: China’s historic contraction
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• Duration: 00:23:22
• Published: 2020-04-17 11:55

The covid-19 pandemic has caused the country’s first GDP dip in more than four decades. What struggles still lie ahead for the world’s second-largest economy? Decisive action to help the homeless amid the crisis offers hope for what comes after it. And a look back at the life of Joseph Lowery, a firebrand preacher and rhyming civil-rights activist. 

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