How China's COVID Lockdowns Affect the Global Economy
Deep Dish on Global Affairs · Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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Show Notes
China's latest economic data show the lowest GDP growth expectation in 30 years, rising unemployment, and slowing industrial production in part due to strict COVID-19 lockdowns. Victor Shih joins Deep Dish to explain how inflation and the war in Ukraine will compound this decline, what it means for the Chinese Communist Party and Xi Jinping's leadership, and whether Xi's demand for China to match the United States' growth in 2022 is possible.
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