China's GDP grew 6.6 percent last year, the slowest in 28
years but above the target of 6.5 percent. For the first time, the
GDP surpassed 90 trillion yuan (about 13 trillion U.S. dollars) in
2018. Some Western commentators have hyped up the slowdown, saying
China may hit a new bottom. They've been skeptical of the
Chinese economy all along, but are they finally striking the right
note? What are the factors behind the cooling of China's
economic growth? How will China adjust its economic policies?
This episode's guests include John Gong, professor of
economics at the University of International Business and Economics
in the Beijing studio; Brandon Blackburn-Dwyer, president of
Grasshopper Group Inc. in Philadelphia; Ralph Winnie, director of
the China Program at the Eurasian Business Coalition in Washington,
D.C.; and Daniel Gros, director of Centre for European Policy
Studies in Brussels.
