There is no doubt that China's economy is struggling. After Chinese President Xi Jinping ended the country's zero-COVID policy a year ago, most economists expected a growth spurt – but that never really happened and deeper problems became apparent. So what are the exact causes of China's stagnation?
Economists Adam Posen, Zongyuan Zoe Liu and Michael Pettis each have different answers. China's future—and the future of U.S. policy toward China—depends on which of its answers is the right one.
Foreign Affairs Editor-in-Chief Justin Vogt spoke with them at a Nov. 14 discussion co-hosted by the Peterson Institute for International Economics, of which Posen is president. Liu is the Maurice R. Greenberg Fellow in China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Pettis is a senior fellow at the Carnegie China Center and a professor of finance at Peking University.
Sources:
“The end of China's economic miracle” by Adam S. Posen
Replies to Posen's article by Zongyuan Zoe Liu And Michael Pettis; poses Answer
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