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China's Struggles With a Consumer Society
Project Syndicate: December 21, 2024
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Stephen Roach
China's Social Engineering Pitfalls
CPC fixation on stability and control undermines the the inherent ethos of consumerism.
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Stephen Roach
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China's Trump cards in the coming trade war escalation
Financial Times opinion: December 13, 2024
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Stephen Roach
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China's DNA Problem
While there can be no doubt of China’s DNA as the "ultimate producer," there is no guarantee that Chinese policymakers grasp the DNA of consumerism.
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Stephen Roach
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China's Trump Cards
China's tit-for-tat response to the latest US export sanctions hints at a retaliatory race to the bottom in a Trump 2.0 tariff scenario.
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Stephen Roach
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November 2024

Asia in Denial
Project Syndicate: November 26, 2024
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Stephen Roach
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Art of the Asian Deal
Asians are optimistic that Donald Trump is more interested in cutting a deal with China than in risking a global trade war. Wishful thinking?
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Stephen Roach
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Trump's New China Team
Donald Trump has appointed a who's who of China bashers to wage a dangerous new campaign in the US-China conflict.
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Stephen Roach
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Pulling the Plug on Twitter/X
Moving to Threads (steveroach)
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Stephen Roach
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Conflict Man
The victory of conflict-prone Donald Trump poses worrisome risks to the global economy and the US-China conflict.
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Stephen Roach
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Time to Vote!
While polls say too close to call, elevated price levels remain an enduring economic problem that polarization metrics suggest will be tough to resolve.
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Stephen Roach
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October 2024

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