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-Analysis- SHANGHAI — What does China’s party leadership do when it cannot get a persistent economic crisis under control? For example, it makes sure that economists who point out the seriousness of the situation “disappear.” For the latest news & views from every corner of the world, Worldcrunch Today is the only truly international newsletter. Sign up here. This is exactly what happened with Zhu Hengpeng, vice director of the Economics Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. In April, Zhu was believed to have made derogatory comments about the state of the Chinese economy and th…