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How Xi Jinping’s authoritarianism is killing China’s economy

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Arthur Sullivan
March 28, 2024

Under Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party has become more controlling than at any stage in the past four decades - rarely good news for free enterprise. In this episode we ask if that lust for control at all costs is the main reason why so many people - both within China and outside of it - have lost faith in a global economic powerhouse’s capacity to bounce back from its current troubles.

Arthur Sullivan Reporter and senior editor focused on global economic stories with a geopolitical angle.@drumloman86
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