2/5
if true, this is good news for China. If concerns about an economic slowdown put pressure on Beijing to relax social rules and restrictions, including hukou-related restrictions, then China will benefit in the medium and long term.
if true, this is good news for China. If concerns about an economic slowdown put pressure on Beijing to relax social rules and restrictions, including hukou-related restrictions, then China will benefit in the medium and long term.
3/5
For the past year many of my friends here in Beijing have asked me my opinion on whether or not China's rapid economic slowdown (which most seem to think is inevitable) will lead to even tighter controls, or instead to a relaxation of those controls.
For the past year many of my friends here in Beijing have asked me my opinion on whether or not China's rapid economic slowdown (which most seem to think is inevitable) will lead to even tighter controls, or instead to a relaxation of those controls.
4/5
Of course they know far more about this than I would, and so there isn't much I can tell them, but the fact that so many people want to talk about it only shows how much concern and confusion there is among at least certain segments of the Chinese population.
Of course they know far more about this than I would, and so there isn't much I can tell them, but the fact that so many people want to talk about it only shows how much concern and confusion there is among at least certain segments of the Chinese population.
5/5
It's too early to say, of course, and the real post-COVID economic slowdown is only in its early stages, but if economic concerns lead to more openness and a relaxation of social controls, as this article suggests, it would be a good thing for China.
It's too early to say, of course, and the real post-COVID economic slowdown is only in its early stages, but if economic concerns lead to more openness and a relaxation of social controls, as this article suggests, it would be a good thing for China.
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