TOKYO -- Yi Gang, the powerful governor of the People's Bank of China, began a high-profile press conference last Sunday in an unusual way: with a somber analysis of the country's economy that implied serious self-criticism.
Recent economic policies had caused a "credit crunch" in China, making borrowing more difficult and more expensive for small- and medium-sized companies and hurting the economy, he said in front of international reporters and TV cameras.
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