Economist and Author

Demographics

For China, the 2020s will be a difficult decade
China is big and powerful, but its consumption per head is no higher than Peru. A ‘recession with Chinese characteristics’ is not out of the question. China faces its most serious economic challenges since Mao's death in 1976 Read more →
The Hong Kong unrest is precisely what the leaders in Beijing don’t need
The protest movement in Hong Kong is the kind of thing that changes the way people think about the future. Read more →
Red Flags: a discussion about contemporary China at the Bristol Festival of Ideas with Jo Michell
A SoundCloud recoding of a discussion on 20/11/2019 https://soundcloud.com/bristol-festival-of-ideas/george-magnus-20-november-2019
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Both Labour and the Tories are being dishonest about public spending
The major parties' manifestos both are long on promises, but short on practicality or in some cases, honesty Read more →
China’s desire to control Hong Kong will not end well – for China, Hong Kong or the rest of the world
Hong Kong protests could lead to more direct intervention by China to which the US Congress has already started to respond Read more →