How Chinese firms adapt to the crisis # 02.02.2012 11 Uhr # Journal TT Englisch

That last comment from the musician there was pretty relaxed - "the crisis doesn't affect me", he said. But that's not the view among China's leaders. The Chinese economy is still heavily dependent on exports to the rest of the world. Beijing has been trying to shift the focus to domestic sources of growth. But the idea of China "decoupling" from the west hasn't happened yet. With another year of stagnation on the cards in Europe, many firms that depend on the European market are struggling. We have this report on how they're adapting to the crisis -- and what kind of strategy we can expect to see from the government in Beijing.