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Sep 30, 2024 · China’s sputtering economy has its worried leaders pulling out all the stops. They have unveiled stimulus measures, offered rare cash handouts, held a surprise meeting to kickstart growth and...
- Kelly Ng
4 days ago · Wang, author of “The Rise and Fall of Imperial China” (2022), rang a note of optimism by first underscoring the PRC’s resilience by historic standards. Over 2,000 years, the average Chinese dynasty lasted 70 years by his calculations. “If you think about comparative communist regimes, the Soviet Union lasted for 69 years,” Wang added.
Apr 8, 2024 · The intertwined history of China’s rapid economic growth, its unique property laws, and pandemic-induced challenges led to a high-risk bubble that not only damages the domestic economy but also questions the legitimacy of Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party.
Sep 9, 2023 · An estimated 30 million Chinese people died of starvation between 1960 and 1962 as a result of natural disasters and governance failures. The Chinese economy was on the verge of collapse...
- Jinghao Zhou
Sep 7, 2023 · After emerging from the “zero COVID” policies that Xi Jinping, China’s leader, ordered early in the pandemic, the country now faces a real-estate crisis and faltering confidence from both ...
- Isaac Chotiner
1 day ago · China’s aggressive pandemic lockdowns are firmly in the rearview mirror, ... there is no evidence to support the claim that the regime faces a fundamental legitimacy crisis.
Oct 14, 2022 · Ten years after Xi Jinping became China’s leader, the sense of crisis that beset his rise to power continues to haunt him, and is set to shape his rule in the years – if not decades – to come.
