First published: The Guardian, 11/08/2023
At a Politburo meeting last month, China’s leaders referred to the economic recovery this year as “torturous”. You won’t often hear such candour coming from a Chinese Communist party institution, let alone such an elevated body. They were referring to current conditions, of course, but China’s problems reveal much that is systemically out of kilter in its economic and political system. Read on…https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/11/china-economic-problems-show-things-are-seriously-amiss
