China’s Economy Is Still Sinking

China’s economic slowdown is now tilting toward contraction, the latest economic tracking shows
China’s Economy Is Still Sinking
Buildings of China's developer Country Garden Holdings in Suqian, in China's eastern Jiangsu Province, on Oct. 18, 2023. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Milton Ezrati
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Xi Jinping reached far beyond his predecessors to assert Chinese power on a global stage—economically, diplomatically, and militarily—and did so aggressively. He managed some successes but, in the process, also managed to turn Western and Japanese goodwill into distrust and hostility.

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."
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