Heightening the tension over China's economic slowdown are its problems with air pollution and water quality problems. "Environmental quality is the major source of the rising middle class's dissatisfaction and failing to improve it will only accelerate the ongoing brain-drain and capital flight," said Duke’s Taisu Zhang. "And it is the brain-drain the government is more concerned with."
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China seeks to calm fears, but growth concerns persist
Heightening the tension over China's economic slowdown are its problems with air pollution and water quality problems. "Environmental quality is the major source of the rising middle class's dissatisfaction and failing to improve it will only accelerate the ongoing brain-drain and capital flight," said Duke’s Taisu Zhang. "And it is the brain-drain the government is more concerned with."
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