Blog: Why Beijing cannot rely on conservative consumers

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Blog: Why Beijing cannot rely on conservative consumers

The government's stimulus spending on infrastructure won't be enough to arrest the country's economic slide because people will sooner save money than spend it, say analysts. Investing in education would be better to secure the nation's long-term prosperity, Naomi Rovnick writes from a far-from-bustling Beijing.

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