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A Little Good News, but China Still Has Huge Challenges

This new year has brought China a little good news. The economic situation, however, remains ugly.
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A Little Good News, but China Still Has Huge Challenges
Employees work on a doll production line at a toy factory in Lianyungang, in eastern China's Jiangsu Province, on March 13, 2024. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Milton Ezrati
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After a very disappointing 2023, China has seen some good economic news over the first two months of this year.

Milton Ezrati
Milton Ezrati
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Milton Ezrati is a contributing editor at The National Interest, an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Human Capital at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), and chief economist for Vested, a New York-based communications firm. Before joining Vested, he served as chief market strategist and economist for Lord, Abbett & Co. He also writes frequently for City Journal and blogs regularly for Forbes. His latest book is "Thirty Tomorrows: The Next Three Decades of Globalization, Demographics, and How We Will Live."