SINGAPORE: China’s economy may be slowing but it is “not falling off a cliff”, the chief executive of Southeast Asia’s biggest bank said on Friday.

DBS Bank chief executive Piyush Gupta also said he does not see a repeat of the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis arising from the turmoil in Chinese markets because the region is on a far stronger footing than it was 18 years ago.

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