Lou Jiwei: An impressive career ends on a high

China's outgoing finance minister was highly constrained by the country's politics, yet still impressed and reassured investors. He wasn't perfect, but will be missed.

There is little doubt Lou Jiwei, China’s finance minister until November, was more constrained than many global peers. In Chinese politics, the party is almost everything — and President Xi Jinping is everything else.

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