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Lu Qun, chairman of Qiantu Motor, in Beijing in December. Credit Patrick Wack for The New York Times
by Michael Schuman | Feb 10, 2017 | Business
BEIJING — On a windswept lot near Beijing’s main airport, Lu Qun talks up the electric sports car he hopes will transform him into China’s Elon Musk. “This is a real performance car,” the entrepreneur boasted of his sleek, gray-and-black Qiantu K50. “It’s fun. You can...
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Participants of the G7 finance ministers and central bankers meeting pose for a family picture, ahead of the kickoff of the meeting at Aoba Castle in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo May 19, 2016. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
by Michael Schuman | Aug 1, 2016 | Opinion
For the past 70 years, Japan has been a crucible of experimentation in economic policy. During its go-go years, Tokyo’s unusual practices to spur rapid growth became a model for much of the rest of Asia, while its unconventional attempts to revive its post-bubble...
