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Jiang says China's role as the world's low-cost factory raised Western living standards, but after the 2009 financial crisis Western policymakers pushed China into infrastructure spending that eventually became a trap.
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Western Consumers
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"...the world, which increased people's standard of living. And that made Western consumers really happy. But then came the 2009 financial crisis. When basically..."
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"And so for the next 10 years, China was digging itself into a hole with all this infrastructure spending. And eventually China decided we..."
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"...despair and is this an inevitable you know dead end for Western consumer society or have you seen or thought of any ways that..."
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