Commentary
Despite officially growing at about 5 percent, all signs point to the Chinese economy being much weaker than advertised.
The Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai on June 5, 2024. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images
Christopher Balding
Author
Christopher Balding was a professor at the Fulbright University Vietnam and the HSBC Business School of Peking University Graduate School. He specializes in the Chinese economy, financial markets, and technology. A senior fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, he lived in China and Vietnam for more than a decade before relocating to the United States.
