China can play key role in helping region through difficult times, analysts say


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Customers buy vegetables at a supermarket in Mengzi, Southwest China's Yunnan province, May 11, 2022. (Photo/Xinhua) Compared with many other countries, China's success in curbing inflation can help the entire region, according to analysts. Lili Yan Ing, lead adviser, Southeast Asia region at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, said that while inflation in nearly all Asian countries is estimated to reach 4 to 5.5 percent this year, in China, it is considerably lower at 2.1 percent. In countries that are members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, inflation stands about 5 percent. Ing...