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Recent Poll Shows That Global Attitudes Have Not Yet Digested the News on China

Global opinions on China seem stuck in the past and show no recognition of all China’s problems. A shock is on the horizon.
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Recent Poll Shows That Global Attitudes Have Not Yet Digested the News on China
China's inability to recover economically is considered one of the top ten global risks in 2024. The image shows a construction site in the center of Beijing. China Photos/Getty Images
Milton Ezrati
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Public perceptions of China have hardly changed over the past year. This is amazing, given all the ugly financial and economic news of the past 12–18 months. China has a very different look now than in this backward-looking view. As the news of trouble gains greater currency, global perceptions will suffer a shock and then change fast.

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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