- China's economy is facing challenges with falling consumer prices, shrinking trade, and a struggling property sector.
- The country lacks a ruler with economic credibility to revive confidence and stimulate spending.
- China's pursuit of other goals, such as breaking the West's technological chokehold, is competing with economic prosperity.
- Growth has slowed, prices and currency have declined, and trillions of dollars could be wiped off China's GDP.
- China's economy may be suffering from 'long covid' due to lockdowns, regulatory crackdowns, and low consumer confidence.
China’s economy is in desperate need of rescue
Yet available options appear politically unpalatable | Finance & economics
