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Updated March 3, 1999


China's Response to the Global Financial Crisis:
     Implications for U.S. Economic Interests

                         (name redacted)
              Specialist in International Trade and Finance
                         Economics Division


Summary


The  Global Financial Crisis and China's  Response  to Date

    Since 1997, several East Asian economies, notably South Korea, Thailand, and
Indonesia, have experienced significant financial difficulties in their economies, as have
Russia and Brazil since 1998. Such difficulties have included substantial currency
devaluations (as investors have transferred funds overseas), and significant declines in
stock market prices.' Most of the other East Asian economies, including Japan, Hong
Kong, Singapore, the Philippines, and Malaysia have also experienced varying degrees of
financial difficulties (falling stock market prices and/or currency depreciation). The global



'For background informiation on the crisis, see CRS Report RL30012, Global Financial Turmoil:
Contagion, Effects, and Policy Responses, by (name redacted). Updated January 13, 1999.


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