Chinese President Hu Jintao is heading to the United States this week for the first state visit to the White House since 1997. Will the leaders of the two largest economies come to any conclusions?

Aired Jan 17, 2011

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BAD APPLE - WHO'S RESPONSIBLE?

Now we've already mentioned here on China Take an economics expert who recently suggested the Chinese people should be prepared to endure higher inflation for the sake of maintaining economic growth. According to Wang Jian from the National Development and Reform Commission economic growth should come first and the control of inflation be left aside for the time being. Which is all very fine for economists - but what about the ordinary man or woman in the street? How do they feel about inflation? And should the government concentrate on growing the economy first? Our researcher Aaron Peng went out on the streets of Beijing to find out.