Commentary
Setting aside the geopolitical challenges of a Trump presidency, Beijing faces a difficult economic environment.
Villagers eat together outside a house in a farming community in She county, Anhui Province, southern China, on May 12, 2023. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
Christopher Balding
Author
Christopher Balding was a professor at the Fulbright University Vietnam and the HSBC Business School of Peking University Graduate School. He specializes in the Chinese economy, financial markets, and technology. A senior fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, he lived in China and Vietnam for more than a decade before relocating to the United States.
