Xi's apparatchiks will struggle to revive economy: China watcher

President's inner circle lacks global trade and finance know-how, Willy Lam warns

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, central bank chief Pan Gongsheng and Vice Premier He Lifeng. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters and AP)

AMY CHEW, Contributing writer

KUALA LUMPUR -- China's economy is unlikely to recover anytime soon because President Xi Jinping's inner circle is mostly filled with apparatchiks rather than technocrats with the know-how to revive sagging growth, warns noted China watcher Willy Lam.

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