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“This approach could backfire given China’s persistently weak domestic consumption demand as well as rising concerns in other countries about being swamped by Chinese exports,” he added.

Mr Demape says he struggled to find a petrol station that was not swamped with long queues.

Opponents of Proposition 50, who have been swamped in fundraising by their rivals, seized upon the error as proof that the measure was hastily placed on the ballot.

Thousands of people queued outside polling stations on Tuesday to vote for a president, MPs and local councillors, keenly hoping to effect change in a country swamped by economic troubles.

Letters poured into Coca-Cola headquarters by the thousands, and the phone lines swamped; a psychiatrist brought in to listen reported hearing people mourn as if a relative had died.