Jiang predicts China may be least resilient over the long term because its economy is still too dependent on cheap-energy manufacturing exports and cannot easily pivot to consumer demand or innovation.
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Jiang argues that the old US expectation behind China's WTO integration was that China would eventually liberalize financially and produce a consumer class willing to buy more American goods.
Jiang defines American-style liberalization for China as allowing the renminbi to float upward and become more convertible so Chinese consumers can buy more overseas goods.
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"-term change to the global economy. And I think that China will actually be the least resilient and the least ready to apply testing..."
"money then it will be very hard for the chinese economy to move towards a consumer -based economy so um all southeast asia will..."
"Right. So, in 2026, President Xi and President Trump are scheduled to meet four times. The big event will be when Trump visits China..."
"So, from the American perspective, liberalization just means that the renminbi is allowed to float and therefore, it's allowed to increase in value, which..."
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