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Ben Chu

Ben Chu is economics editor of The Independent. In 2019 he spent a year as economics editor of BBC Newsnight. Previously he was the Independent's chief leader writer. He is also the author of ‘Chinese Whispers: Why Everything You’ve Heard About China is Wrong’, published in 2013

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