BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Thursday that change in the world’s second-largest economy is fraught with difficulties and uncertainty, but sought to reassure an international audience that the country does not threaten the global economy.

Chinese leaders are overseeing a transition in the country’s growth model from the emphasis on exports and investment that saw it boom to a more sophisticated one in which consumer spending plays the dominant role.

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