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Troy Gochenour, 50, of Columbus, Ohio, was conned out of $25,800, including $15,800 in borrowed money, in a crypto-mining scam that began with a W China's Xi calls for patience as Communist Party tries to reverse economic slump 08/17/2023 04:13am • BEIJING (AP) 鈥� Chinese leader Xi Jinping has called for patience in a speech released as the ruling Communist Party tries to reverse a deepening economic slump and said Western countries are 鈥渋ncreasingly in trouble鈥� because of their materialism and 鈥渟piritual poverty.鈥� Xi鈥檚 speech was p China's government tries to defuse economic fears after real estate developer's debt struggle 08/17/2023 03:26am • BEIJING (AP) 鈥� China鈥檚 government is trying to reassure jittery homebuyers after a major real estate developer missed a payment on its multibillion-dollar debt, reviving fears about the industry鈥檚 shaky finances and their impact on the struggling Chinese economy. There is no indication Country