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The business of China's celebrity online economists

Model goes to the heart of what people can, and cannot, say online

| China

Zhou Xin is co-founder of Yicai Global and a former chief Hong Kong correspondent for Shanghai TV.

How many economists does China have in all? The true number is very difficult to tally because in China, just as in many other countries with high social media literacy, all people have to do to style themselves as an economist is add it to their social media bio.

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