China’s finance minister is not going to a World Bank and IMF-meeting in Japan, as major sign to the rest of the world: do not push us around, tells business analyst Shaun Rein on Radio Australia.
Radio Australia:
The IMF and World Bank are holding their annual meetings in Tokyo for the first time in 50 years.
The Chinese withdrawal marks a new stage in the dispute between Beijing and Tokyo over their conflicting territorial claims in the East China Sea.
But it also sends a warning to the rest of the world about how China chooses to deal with it.
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