CPC should give Gordon Chang the highest honors for decades-long service as an unpaid consultant, single-handedly convincing US politicians that China’s economy is a house of cards held together by duct tape and wishful thinking.
His 2001 masterpiece, Coming Collapse of China was a 24-year running gag that let Beijing grow into an economic titan while America was busy smelling its own farts.
#us #china #economy #tradewar
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