China’s Foreign Exchange Reserves Are Running Out

China’s Foreign Exchange Reserves Are Running Out
Containers at the Yangshan Deep Water Port in Shanghai on Aug. 6, 2019. Aly Song/File/Reuters
Cheng Xiaonong
Cheng Xiaonong
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been vaunting “self-reliance” since its relationship with the United States took a sharp turn for the worse. However, with dwindling exportation prospects, the CCP must depend on its foreign exchange reserves to continue to import vital goods including petrol, food, and semiconductor chips.

Cheng Xiaonong
Cheng Xiaonong
Contributor
Dr. Cheng Xiaonong is a scholar of China’s politics and economy based in New Jersey. Cheng was a policy researcher and aide to the former Party leader Zhao Ziyang, when Zhao was premier. He also served as chief editor of the journal Modern China Studies.
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