Liu Yuanchun

4 Chinese economists and academics advising Beijing on capital, employment and finance

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4 Chinese economists and academics advising Beijing on capital, employment and finance

Since the third plenum of China’s 19th Central Committee’s in 2018, economists and academics have offered advice on how Beijing should plan its economic strategies. And with the tone-setting third plenum of the new Central Committee set to take place next week in Beijing to chart China’s long-term growth path, we look at four of … Read more

Can China’s development-based social contract withstand unemployment pressures?

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Can China’s development-based social contract withstand unemployment pressures?

“Development is the hard truth,” Deng said, and all debates about whether reform policies were capitalist or socialist should stop. Instead, support should go to whatever reforms benefited productivity, the overall strength of the country and living standards of the people. Generations of Chinese leaders have stayed true to that principle. President Xi Jinping, who … Read more