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China looms as the elephant in the Davos room

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DAVOS - Almost inevitably, whatever the topic, minds soon turn to China.

It is the elephant in the room in many discussions taking place here in Davos. This, despite there being hardly any Chinese participants at this year's World Economic Forum meeting, now on in this Swiss Alpine town.

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