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Can China Stimulate Consumption?

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Can China Stimulate Consumption?
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
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Setting aside the geopolitical challenges of a Trump presidency, Beijing faces a difficult economic environment.

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Christopher Balding
Christopher Balding
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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.