China’s Economic Slowdown is Strengthening its Defense Industrial Base
As Beijing deprioritizes the real estate sector, it is doubling down on investment in science, technology, and national defense. Read More Here
Category: China
China Confronts the Middle-Income Trap
While China obviously needs to boost private-sector confidence and revive growth with a more sustainable economic model, it is not clear that Chinese leaders fully appreciate the challenges they face. The shift back to state capitalism over the last decade is plainly incompatible with President Xi Jinping’s development goals. Read More Here
Sunset of the Economists
Two decades ago, China’s reformist economists walked the halls of power and dictated policy. Now, they have been side-lined in favor of a new priority: national security. What happened? Read More Here
Moody’s reminds China’s pain will be widely shared
China’s slowing growth and unresolved property crisis are putting wider Asia-Pacific at risk as contagion fears spread. Read More Here
Xi reveals China’s push for global power after rare foreign policy meeting
World has ‘entered a new period of turbulence and transformation’, Xi says after Central Conference on Foreign Affairs Work. Read More Here
China, faced with a hostile West, should make the Global South a foreign policy priority
In the early 1970s, Mao’s ‘three worlds’ theory guided China’s strategic alignment with the political struggles of third world nations. As the country’s economy and influence grew, it focused on establishing ‘major power’ relationships with the West. But Beijing must now reorient itself. Read More Here
Time once again to make superhero of China economy
‘Industrial party’ leaders see the economy as best engineered from the top down; let US rivals do the math. Read More Here
Parting paths: from Deng’s vision to Xi’s divergence
China’s current economic woes stem largely from Xi’s abandonment of Deng’s private firm-led paradigm. Read More Here
Xi Jinping showcases policy priorities on first trip to Shanghai since 2020
The Chinese president’s itinerary included a futures exchange, technology fair and affordable housing project signalling some of the main items on his agenda in what was his first visit to the city, one of the country’s key economic hubs, since last year’s prolonged Covid lockdown brought it grinding to a halt. Read More Here
Xi’s big push to reverse China’s massive capital flight
Chinese leader following through on vows made to US investors to level corporate playing fields and juice private sector-led growth. Read More Here
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