The scale of the economic slowdown in Asia was starkly underlined on Tuesday when the International Monetary Fund virtually halved its 2009 growth forecast for the region.
CHINA
By Raphael Minder in Hong Kong and Christian Oliver in Seoul
Published: February 3 2009 05:37 | Last updated: February 3 2009 19:51
The scale of the economic slowdown in Asia was starkly underlined on Tuesday when the International Monetary Fund virtually halved its 2009 growth forecast for the region.