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Soc's avatar

Superbly written. Much needed reality check. I suspect you held held back rather a lot given space constraints and the audience you're trying to teach. You could do a series of articles....

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Jostein Hauge's avatar

Thank you! Indeed, I suspect I'll write a few pieces down the road that expands on specific subtopics that I covered in this piece, such as China's rise in the Global South or China's role in the green transition.

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Soc's avatar

Looking forward to further write-ups.

May I suggest looking up the World Bank's ex China department head, Shahid Javed Burki. I believe he was deeply involved with development in China for decades and wrote extensively on the topic. I believe Kishore Mahbubani has often relied on Burki's opinions and experience in formulating his views on trade and economic development in the ASEAN region.

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David Mickey Sieh's avatar

Precisely, I await China rise in the global south, but I will cherish this current article.

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Michael's avatar

very nice article! Welcome on Substack

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JW Esq.'s avatar

Was this written by CCTV? Mirrors point-by-point propaganda narrative of the CCP. I'd unsubscribe if I were you. Far better research and commentary out of Stanford.

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Erik's avatar

Excellent article, with good references for hot topics like the infamous 'debt trap' and others.

I would wish to see also a chapter (or a new article) what these facts mean for China and also the rest of the world, maybe divided in the West and the Global South.

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Godfree Roberts's avatar

This dominance has been made possible by an export-led industrialisation push?

China's economy has never been 'export-led'.

As a share of GDP, China is slightly ahead of the USA, but behind countries like Canada and far, far behind Germany's.

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Barbod Jahed's avatar

Hello, I would like to email you about doing a discussion where I try to dispell economic myths for a new media enterprise. Please can you reach out via dm or I can email you?

barbod.jahed.mag@gmail.com

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