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China's leaders to meet this month amid slowing economy
Published Mon, Oct 12, 2015 · 09:50 PM
Beijing
CHINA'S Communist rulers will gather later this month, state media said on Monday, to set a course for the world's second-largest economy over the next five years, as slowing growth raises global concerns.
The Communist Party meeting, known as the Fifth Plenum, is expected to focus on structural reform and easing state control - although such moves have been repeatedly promised before.
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