stimulus

“If the Chinese government can usher in stimulus measures so big they can offset a lot of these protectionism policies, there is a chance that maybe they could narrowly escape the recession,” Liu said.

Officials have said there is ample room for stimulus measures, and plenty of tools in the they can use to bolster the economy and roll out more support measures.

Beijing will need to organise a stimulus package to account for the loss of whole percentage points of GDP, the kind of thing that happens when a natural disaster flattens a major city.

On examination, the doctor found P to be unresponsive to physical stimulus.

"And in the bad circumstances, it can start to irritate you… because there's nothing else – there's no other stimulus and you're with people 24/7," she said.